fox maggot
English
Noun
fox maggot (plural not attested)
- One or possibly several species of the flesh fly genus Wohlfahrtia which cause myiasis in mammals.
- 1948, F. X. Gassner and Maurice T. James
- The biology and control of the fox maggot Wohlfahrtia opaca (Coq.)
- 1960, J. R. Gorham et al., Minks: Diseases and Parasites, page 24:
- The fox maggot (Wohlfahrtia spp.) is widely distributed throughout the Northern United States.
- 1948, F. X. Gassner and Maurice T. James