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A botfly, [1] also written bot fly, [2] bott fly [3] or bot-fly [4] in various combinations, is any fly in the family Oestridae. Their life cycles vary greatly according to species, but the larvae of all species are internal parasites of mammals. Largely according to species, they also are known variously as warble flies, heel flies
Dermatobia fly eggs have been shown to be vectored by over 40 species of mosquitoes and muscoid flies, as well as one species of tick [2] (However, the source for this is somewhat old, 2007, and slightly more recent literature seems to indicate they don't need a particular species of ticks, or at least makes no mention of them only being able ...
Cuterebra fontinella, the mouse bot fly, is a species of New World skin bot fly in the family Oestridae. C. fontinella is typically around 1 cm (0.39 in) in length with a black and yellow color pattern. [2] C. fontinella develops by parasitizing nutrients from its host, typically the white-footed mouse.
Gasterophilus nigricornis (broad-bellied horse bot) – ranges from the Middle East to China, infects duodenum of horses and donkeys; Gasterophilus pecorum (dark-winged horse bot) – the most pathogenic species in the genus. Ranges through the Old World and infects the mouth, tongue, esophagus and stomach of horses, donkeys and zebras
Cuterebra americana (Fabricius, 1775) i c g b (woodrat bot fly) Cuterebra apicalis Guérin-Méneville, 1835 c g; Cuterebra approximata Walker, 1866 i c g b; Cuterebra arizonae Sabrosky, 1986 i c g b; Cuterebra atrox Clark i c g b; Cuterebra austeni Sabrosky, 1986 i c g b; Cuterebra baeri Shannon & Greene, 1926 c g; Cuterebra bajensis Sabrosky ...
The fly would have produced an audible sonic boom; The supersonic fly would have been invisible to the naked eye; and; The impact trauma of such a fly colliding with a human body would resemble that of a gunshot wound. Using the original report as a basis, Langmuir estimated the deer botfly's true speed at a more plausible 25 mph (40 km/h).
The fly was originally described by English naturalist Sir Richard Owen in 1830 under the name of Oestrus rhinocerontis. [1] The description was made from larvae within the stomach of a rhinoceros. A fuller explanation was given by Fritz Konrad Ernst Zumpt in the mid-20th century. Despite being known for a long time, little is known about some ...
Oestroidea is a superfamily of Calyptratae including the blow flies, bot flies, flesh flies, and their relatives. [1] [2] It occurs worldwide and has about 15,000 described species. [3] The superfamily includes the families: Calliphoridae; Mesembrinellidae (formerly included in Calliphoridae) Mystacinobiidae; Oestridae