Bot fly (Diptera: Cuterebridae) infestation of nest-bound infant eastern gray squirrels

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 369-371

  Slansky, F ^a   Kenyon, L R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Nutkin's Nest Wildl Rehab Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LARVA; PARASITISM; RODENT;

CAROLINENSIS; CUTEREBRA; CUTEREBRA EMASCULATOR; CUTEREBRIDAE; CUTEREBRINAE; DIPTERA; OESTRIDAE; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 0038046334     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2002)085[0369:bfdcio]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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