Protocalliphora
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protocalliphora-265-17755681
title:
Protocalliphora
text:
Protocalliphora or bird blowflies are a blow fly genus containing many species which are obligate parasites of birds. Eggs are laid in bird nests. After hatching, the larvae suck the blood of nestlings. They sometimes feed inside the nostrils of nestling birds and destroy the tissue at the base leading to reduced growth of the upper mandible and the young growing with "shovel-beaks". The species overwinter as adults. The genus is affected by Wolbachia bacteria and it has been suggested that hori
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Genus of flies
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocalliphora
date created:
date modified:
2023-10-14T14:43:29Z
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13
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