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MONDAY MORNING MYSTERY 1
Saw this guy last week in Harrier Meadow in North Arlington.
It was about the size of a bumble bee.
Can anyone help with an ID?
(Also posted on Meadowblog.net.)
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Thanks much!
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Tom has got it,
for images
http://bugguide.net/node/view/84364
http://tolweb.org/tree/ToLimages/cuterebra_2424.jpg -
Looks like it might be a botfly (Genus Cuterebra). Its larvae are internal parasites in rabbits, squirrels and other small mammals.
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Jim Wright
Thanks much!
scott
Tom has got it,
for images
http://bugguide.net/node/view/84364
http://tolweb.org/tree/ToLimages/cuterebra_2424.jpg
Tom Burr
Looks like it might be a botfly (Genus Cuterebra). Its larvae are internal parasites in rabbits, squirrels and other small mammals.