Congo floor maggot
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congo-floor-maggot-235-10630674
title:
Congo floor maggot
text:
The Congo floor maggot is a species of blow-fly that is native to sub Saharan Africa and the Cape Verde Islands. A. sengalensis is an atypical myiasis species which does not live on or in the host, but sucks the blood of burrow-dwelling wild pigs, warthogs, aardvark, hyena and occasionally sleeping humans. Auchmeromyia is the only known genus of blood sucking maggot to feed on mammals although others feed on birds. There are five described species in the genus. Female flies lay their eggs on dry
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Species of blow-fly
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_floor_maggot
date created:
date modified:
2022-11-26T12:36:37Z
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13
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