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Large Fly - Cuterebra fontinella
Copyright © 2012 Jon M. Yuschock

Large Fly - Cuterebra fontinella
Elysburg, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 31, 2012
About the size of a bumble bee.

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Contributed by Jon M. Yuschock on 14 August, 2012 - 9:42am
Last updated 15 June, 2014 - 2:36pm

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Cuterebra fontinella grisea
This is a mouse bot, Cuterebra fontinella subspecies grisea. I seperate this to subspecies because I suspect these are actually valid species, via habits and dna. Note the whitish back which seperates it from fontinella. This species uses Peromyscus maniculatus as a host. This form is much less common on BugGuide, so a nice find. If you have a rear picture (from behind) you should post it as this would have the white rump of the fontinella bots as well. Thanks for posting. Sorry I missed this post earlier. Jeff Boettner
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