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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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Which Botfly? - Cuterebra fontinella - female
Copyright © 2014 Keith McCullough

Which Botfly? - Cuterebra fontinella - Female
Dorchester County, South Carolina, USA
June 8, 2014
I would love to know what species of botfly this is if possible. I encountered it ovipositing on pine straw and leaf petioles on the ground.

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Which Botfly? - Cuterebra fontinella - female Which Botfly? - Cuterebra fontinella - female
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Contributed by Keith McCullough on 14 June, 2014 - 8:42pm
Last updated 15 June, 2014 - 11:37am

Moved
Moved from Rodent and Lagomorph Bot Flies.
… v belov, 15 June, 2014 - 11:36am login or register to post comments

Cuterebra fontinella fontinella female
See my longer comment on your other pic. Great shots. This is Cuterebra fontinella fontinella to take it to subspecies. Jeff Boettner
… George "Jeff" Boettner, 15 June, 2014 - 10:43am login or register to post comments

our bot expert will take it from here
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 14 June, 2014 - 8:47pm login or register to post comments

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