Sheep Nasal Bot Fly: Anterior

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:

Anterior

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

This species is classed as

If (Foreign Introduction)

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