- Ron Weasley: "What’re those things?"
- Harry Potter: "Dunno."
- Ginny Weasley: "Are they fish?"
- Luna Lovegood: "Aquavirius maggots! Dad said the Ministry were breeding —"
- Hermione Granger: "No. They’re brains."
- — Ron Weasley, Harry Potter, Ginny Weasley, Luna Lovegood and Hermione Granger studying brains in the Department of Mysteries[src]
The Aquavirius Maggot was supposedly a magical creature that resembles a brain.[1] Xenophilius Lovegood believed they were bred by the British Ministry of Magic.[1]
History[]
On 18 June 1996, while in the Department of Mysteries in the British Ministry of Magic, Luna Lovegood incorrectly identified the pale blobs floating in the brain tank in the Department of Mysteries as being Aquavirius Maggots, though they were in fact just brains.[1] The Aquavirius Maggot was one of the many strange creatures in which Luna Lovegood and her father Xenophilius Lovegood believed, though many others did not.
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First mentioned)