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    the only species of botfly known to parasitize humans routinely, though other species of flies cause myiasis in humans. A botfly, also written bot fly...
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    Cephenemyia ulrichii or the moose botfly, also called the elk botfly, moose nose botfly or moose throat botfly, is a large botfly that resembles a bumblebee...
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    The human botfly, Dermatobia hominis (Greek δέρμα, skin + βίος, life, and Latin hominis, of a human), is a species of botfly whose larvae parasitise humans...
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    The name deer botfly (also deer nose botfly) refers to any species in the genus Cephenemyia (sometimes misspelled as Cephenomyia or Cephenemya), within...
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    (human botfly) Cordylobia anthropophaga (tumbu fly) Cordylobia rodhaini (Lund's fly) Oestrus ovis (sheep botfly) Hypoderma spp. (cattle botflies or ox...
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    was historically commonly consumed by the Inuit. Botfly Cephenemyia trompe, the reindeer nose botfly, another parasitic reindeer fly Lagacé-Wiens, PR;...
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  • Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gadfly most commonly refers to: Horse fly or botfly Gadfly (philosophy and social science), a person who upsets the status quo...
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  • (sheep keds) and relatives Oestridae (bot flies) Human botfly Cuterebra fontinella (mouse botfly) Phlebotominae (sand flies) Phthiraptera (Lice) Body louse...
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    known as the reindeer nose botfly, is a species of botfly first described by Adolph Modéer in 1786. It belongs to the deer botfly genus Cephenemyia. This...
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    Oestrus ovis (redirect from Sheep botfly)
    Hosseini, Keramatalah (2004), External Ophthalmomyiasis Caused by Sheep Botfly (oestrus ovis) Larva: A Report of 8 Cases. (PDF), Archives of Iranian Medicine...
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