Oestrus (fly)

Oestrus is a genus of bot flies, from the family Oestridae The genus includes the sheep bot fly (O. ovis Linnaeus, 1758) that is a major pest of the sheep industry worldwide.

[2][3][4][5] These 12 species belong to the genus Oestrus:[4]

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image_caption = Illustrations in a 1797 paper by Bracy Clark