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Tony T |
Posted on 26-08-2007 15:03
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Member Location: New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 663 Joined: 08.02.07 |
I've followed the discussion on Portschinskia loewi HERE with interest. We have a few species of Oestridae in North America with most in the genus Cuterebra, 34 spp. of rabbit and rodent bots. In over 40 years collecting I have seen just 7 specimens, obviously a rarely seen/collected group at least in Canada. This is one from Alberta, Canada, collected 17 June 1971. Length: 16mm Tony T attached the following image: [53.46Kb] |
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jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 26-08-2007 15:10
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
Impressive fly!!! I must find some! |
Zeegers |
Posted on 26-08-2007 16:40
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Member Location: Soest, NL Posts: 18822 Joined: 21.07.04 |
HI Tony, I will not contradict your observation that Cuterebra are rare or to say the least difficult to find in the field. However, compared to Portschinskia they are easy-peasy ! Theo |
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jorgemotalmeida |
Posted on 26-08-2007 16:46
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Member Location: Viseu - PORTUGAL Posts: 9295 Joined: 05.06.06 |
eheh |
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