Host: Most likely Yellow-pine Chipmunk (Neotamias amoenus)
Host observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/131244637
Botfly lumps on a chipmunk.
Not sure if I have the correct identification. I believe it is a bot fly of some sort, but would like to know if this is correct. Thank you.
Some individuals of Alouatta palliata spotted with this parasite on their skin. The troop was sighted foraging near Finca Verde Lodge, Bijagua.
Host: Most likely Yellow-pine Chipmunk (Neotamias amoenus)
Host observation:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/132887146
Botfly lumps on a chipmunk.
Bot fly on gray-headed coneflower, Barnes Prairie, Racine Co., WI
These large parasitic flies, about the size of a small bumble bee, have only vestigial mouthparts and do not feed as adults. Since they aren't attracted to the usual fly food-sources like flowers or carrion, they are seldom seen. They are usually stumbled upon by accident clinging to a perch on high ground where they await the arrival of a like-minded mate.
First thing in the morning I found this guy hiking across our kitchen floor, about 3 feet from a mouse caught in a trap overnight.