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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)
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Oestridae - Cuterebra
Copyright © 2013 Elytron

Oestridae - Cuterebra
Scottsbluff, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska, USA
July 31, 2011
Size: 20.5 mm
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Contributed by Elytron on 2 November, 2013 - 2:36pm
Last updated 1 November, 2014 - 8:26am

Cuterebra
Elytron,
If you could post a side, face and rump shot I might be able to ID it. This is a pretty greasy specimen so colors are off. To avoid this it is best to keep bots alive as long as possible when collected, to let them burn off as much fat as they can. They don't have mouth parts, so they have to store all the energy they need as a maggot, and they do this as huge fat reserves. So if you pin a fresh one, they will go bad in the drawer. So I might have a hard time with the ID but I don't see many bots from Nebraska, so try posting a few more pics. Sorry I missed this one when you first posted.
Jeff Boettner
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