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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Bot Flies (Oestridae) » New World Skin Bot Flies (Cuterebrinae) » Rodent and Lagomorph Bot Flies (Cuterebra) » Woodrat Bot Fly (Cuterebra americana)
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Botfly face - Cuterebra americana
Copyright © 2013 Herschel Raney

Botfly face - Cuterebra americana
Conway, Faulkner County, Arkansas, USA
September 25, 2013
Size: 30mm
Three days ago, on my back porch I saw my wife shooing off what looked like a large bumblebee from my door entry. The insect flew over to my table umbrella and revealed itself to be only the 4th adult Bot I had ever seen. It promptly flew off. Today it returned to the front porch. Where it was tough light for photos and the longer lens was on the cam. I managed a bad face and a murky side shot. It appears to be in Cuterebra. I think all the Bots I have ever seen in my state have been in this group. I leave the guesses for anything beyond this to someone more expert than I.

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Botfly face - Cuterebra americana Botfly side - Cuterebra americana - female
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Contributed by Herschel Raney on 25 September, 2013 - 7:38pm
Last updated 29 September, 2013 - 5:58pm

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