Hi, I was in the park today and found a dead baby juvie. I couldn't see any obvious injuries when I examined her, but I saw something in her mouth. Her mouth was closed, but I pried it open with the tip of a pen. To my considerable surprise and disgust her entire mouth was filed with these small, oval shaped eggs. They seemed to be laid throughout her mouth and probably to go into her throat.
She was recently dead as rigor mortis was just passing. I would guess she died less than 12 hours ago.
The eggs were laid in a very orderly fashion, and any eggs that are out of place in the photo were moved by me with the pen tip.
Can anyone identify this parasite?