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Species Cuterebra buccata - Rabbit Bot Fly

Representative Images

Rabbit Bot - Cuterebra buccata Rabbit Bot - Cuterebra buccata Rabbit Bot - Cuterebra buccata A big something or other - Cuterebra buccata Rabbit Bot Fly, Cuterebra lepusculi - Cuterebra buccata - female Fly ID?? - Cuterebra buccata Cuterebra - Cuterebra buccata - female Cuterebra buccata

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon (Calyptratae)
Superfamily Oestroidea
Family Oestridae (Bot Flies)
Subfamily Cuterebrinae (New World Skin Bot Flies)
Genus Cuterebra (Rodent and Lagomorph Bot Flies)
No Taxon (buccata group)
Species buccata (Rabbit Bot Fly)

Identification

The three spots on the bot's cheek--with the lowest spot the largest--helps to ID this species. [comment by Jeff Boettner]

Remarks

This fly is a parasite of Sylvilagus floridanus, usually found in the neck and shoulder, or the rump and hip of the rabbit. [comment by Jeff Boettner]

Internet References

Article - University of Nebraska
Contributed by Martin Hauser on 23 May, 2006 - 4:35pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, ceiseman
Last updated 29 July, 2009 - 3:07pm

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