Side view of an adult female mouse botfly, Cuterebra fontinella, resting on a lichen-covered tree branch at the Boundary Bay saltmarsh, Delta, British

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Side view of an adult female mouse botfly, Cuterebra fontinella, resting on a lichen-covered tree branch at the Boundary Bay saltmarsh, Delta, British Columbia. The larvae of these flies parasitize mice

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Size: 4608px × 3456px
Location: Boundary Bay saltmarsh, Delta, British Columbia
Photo credit: © Ernest Cooper / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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