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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) » fontinella group (Cuterebra fontinella group) » Mouse Bot Fly (Cuterebra fontinella) » Cuterebra fontinella fontinella
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Bot fly - Cuterebra fontinella
Copyright © 2009 Charley Eiseman

Bot fly - Cuterebra fontinella
Butter Hill Wildlife Sanctuary, Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
August 1, 2009
Size: ~2 cm
I'm pretty sure this is a recently emerged Cuterebra fontinella fontinella, but I saw a comment by Jeff Boettner that he's interested in regional patterns... Jeff, I imagine you've seen plenty from this area, but let me know if there are any other views you'd like to see--I have shots from pretty much every conceivable angle.

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 1 August, 2009 - 3:34pm
Last updated 2 August, 2009 - 7:45pm

thanx, Jeff
Moved from Bot Flies.
… v belov, 2 August, 2009 - 7:45pm login or register to post comments

Cuterebra fontinella fontinella
Hey Charley,
Nice score again! This is another very recently emerged mouse bot, Cuterebra fontinella fontinella as you guessed. Thanks for posting the face shot and its nice to have the patterns as well as the dates and places for these. The host mammal is Peromyscus leucopus in MA. Nice shots!
Jeff
… George "Jeff" Boettner, 2 August, 2009 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

boy are they lovely... no offense to rodents/lagomorphs
i gave Jeff heads-up
… v belov, 1 August, 2009 - 4:35pm login or register to post comments

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