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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) » Cuterebra abdominalis
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Bot Fly - Cuterebra abdominalis
Copyright © 2009 Karl Hillig

Bot Fly - Cuterebra abdominalis
Ballston Lake, Saratoga County, New York, USA
June 11, 2009
Size: 25 mm
I heard this insect buzzing in the lawn in the middle of the day, and noticed it couldn't fly. I thought it was a bumblebee (it's that big!), but took a closer look and realized it was a fly. ID help appreciated.

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Contributed by Karl Hillig on 12 June, 2009 - 2:11pm
Last updated 12 November, 2010 - 7:34am

Moved
Moved from Cuterebra.
… v belov, 15 June, 2009 - 4:40pm login or register to post comments

Flea Fly Flew
I took this bot fly outside to take more pics and it flew away. (sigh) Maybe they can only fly above a certain temperature?
… Karl Hillig, 13 June, 2009 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

Cuterebra abdominalis
Really fine photographs of Cuterebra abdominalis. This bot species is found in the eastern half of the US, known from 28 states so far. It is one of the few bots with extensive yellow hair over the back and sides. It is a lagomorph botfly (most rabbit bots have red patterns in the eyes, this one has just the faint red dot in the lower part of the eye in your picture-sometimes this species has a second red dot in the upper part of the eye). The host is primarily Sylvilagus floridanus (34 specimens) but can also use Sylvilagus aquaticus (14 specimens) in Louisiana. Bot larvae are generally found in the throat and neck of the host. In your area the host species is the eastern cottontail.
… George "Jeff" Boettner, 13 June, 2009 - 10:47am login or register to post comments

Cuterebra
this is a rodent bot fly, Cuterebra
… Matt Bertone, 12 June, 2009 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

 
neat behemoth!
is this really a Cuterebra? hmmm...
… v belov, 12 June, 2009 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

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