Family Oestridae - Bot Flies

Classification · Other Common Names · Identification · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

unknown fly - Cuterebra fontinella - female

Something living in a mouse - Cuterebra fontinella

Giant black fly - Cuterebrinae? - Cuterebra tenebrosa - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Diptera (Flies)

No Taxon (Calyptratae)

Superfamily Oestroidea

Family Oestridae (Bot Flies)

Other Common Names

Warble Flies

Identification

Large, stout bodied flies that resemble bees.

Life Cycle

Larvae are endoparasites of various mammals.

Print References

(1)

Internet References

Article on Wikipedia.

Various images from the Department of Entomology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Works Cited

1.	Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects By Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 24 July, 2005 - 3:11pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 12 June, 2009 - 2:39pm

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