Oestridae, botfly larva


Scanning electron microscope image of a botfly larva. They are parasites feeding on skin in the case of warble flies, nostrils in the flies that affect sheep and deer and the horse botfly enters the animals stomach.


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Photo credit: © Natural History Museum, London / Alamy / Afripics
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