Sheep Nasal Bot Fly: S6, Female, ventral

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Flies (Diptera)

Family:

Bot Fly (Oestridae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Sheep Nasal Bot Fly (Oestrus ovis)

This Photo:

🔍S6, Female, ventral🔎

Thank you Dr Chris Lambkin for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~11mm to ~11.5mm long.
Males have a much narrow frons (eyes closer together, but not touching) than the females shown here.
Notice the difference amount of black between the species. Generally it looks like S6 is very pale compared to most images on line. Perhaps freshly molted?
These have a very rounded face (pug like) and a non-functioning mouth parts; the adults don't feed and are short lived.

This species is classed as

If (Foreign Introduction)

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