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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Flies (Diptera) » Calyptratae » Oestroidea » Bot Flies (Oestridae) » Hypodermatinae » Hypoderma » Reindeer Grub (Hypoderma tarandi)
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A bumble bee mimicking fly. - Hypoderma tarandi
Copyright © 2014 erikbolton

A bumble bee mimicking fly. - Hypoderma tarandi
Kodiak, Alaska, USA
June 21, 2014
Size: 3/4 Inch in length

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A bumble bee mimicking fly. - Hypoderma tarandi A bumble bee mimicking fly. - Hypoderma tarandi
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Contributed by erikbolton on 29 August, 2014 - 5:34pm
Last updated 31 May, 2018 - 11:00am

Moved
Moved from Deer Bot Flies.
… Even Dankowicz, 31 May, 2018 - 11:00am login or register to post comments

 
Very cool!
If you're not already on it, you'll probably want to edit the Oestridae Info Page, which states that "the Hypodermatinae (30 spp. in 8 genera) are restricted to Eurasia."
… Ken Wolgemuth, 31 May, 2018 - 12:43pm login or register to post comments

 
done. I'd like to know how to
done. I'd like to know how to separate the other two species so I can move the images currently stuck at genus, but I haven't found any good diagnostics for adults.
… Even Dankowicz, 31 May, 2018 - 12:59pm login or register to post comments

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Hypoderma tarandi
… Even Dankowicz, 31 May, 2018 - 10:14am login or register to post comments

 
You're certain?
If so, will you be creating the necessary Guide pages?
… Ken Wolgemuth, 31 May, 2018 - 10:20am login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 29 August, 2014 - 6:38pm login or register to post comments

check out Cephenemyia
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… metrioptera, 29 August, 2014 - 5:46pm login or register to post comments

 
That does look right. Maybe C
That does look right. Maybe Cephenemyia trompe.
… erikbolton, 29 August, 2014 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

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