u/StorageAntique2253

EDIT: Case solved!

Hi all! Today I went on a walk with my dog and she had a fly on her face. I got it off immediately (the bite above her eye), and then a couple minutes later another one came and my dog was being very jumpy because it was between her eyes, so I spent about two minutes trying to get that one off. We were home within the next ten minutes and I immediately noticed these huge bumps in the spot the fly was attached. I've compared what I had to charts and diagrams of flies and I can't figure it out. I live in Central Minnesota. It was about the size of a regular housefly.

I found this femur bone in the woods in Central Minnesota, compared to my other deer femur, it seems a bit large. I'm taking a wild guess and assuming it's just a big guy that I got this from, but thought maybe you guys might have other ideas. Sorry we had no bananas, tampon for scale instead

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Antler, deer skull, cow skull, partial deer jaw that had been chewed on, and a little art piece made from valentines day flowers and deer vertebrae! There's many more but these are all I have photos of at the moment 😊

I do a lot of work with bones and bone art but I usually macerate my critters. This is my first time just setting them out to decompose the slow way. I unfortunately can't switch back to maceration because of the smell, nobody around me can stand it.

The issue is that they're going rather slow. I have a couple opposums and other same sized animals in this area in about the same condition as the opposum shown. I've had it here for about 2 months, there seems to be a mediocre amount of bugs and I think that, and the surrounding environment may be the issue. Just a small walk away, I have a deer that died less than a month ago that has made more progress than this. Should I move them over there?