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Ox warble fly

Hypoderma bovis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status not recordedinsects

The ox warble fly (Hypoderma bovis) is a species in the family Oestridae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the ox warble fly

Weight
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Length
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Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the ox warble fly live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the ox warble fly as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Japan
  2. United States

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the ox warble fly endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the ox warble fly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyOestridae
  6. genusHypoderma
  7. SpeciesHypoderma bovis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Hypoderma bellieri, Hypoderma ericetorum, Hypoderma heteroptera, Oestrus bovinus, Oestrus bovis, Oestrus bovis bovinus, Oestrus ericetorum, Oestrus subcutancus, Oestrus subcutaneus

Other names and names in other languages (17)
  • Northern cattle grubEnglish
  • střeček hovězíCzech
  • OksebremseDanish
  • Große RinderdasselfliegeGerman
  • nautakiiliäinenFinnish
  • hypoderme du boeufFrench
  • közönséges marhabagócsHungarian
  • 쇠파리Korean
  • kubremsNorwegian Bokmål
  • RunderbuilenhorzelDutch
  • Giez bydlęcy dużyPolish
  • Бычий оводRussian
  • strečok hovädzíSlovak
  • oxstyngSwedish
  • RinderdasselfliegeGerman
  • stora oxstyngetSwedish
  • stort oxstyngSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the ox warble fly

Other species in the same genus Hypoderma.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the ox warble fly an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the ox warble fly as introduced in 2 countries: Japan and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the ox warble fly?

The ox warble fly (Hypoderma bovis) belongs to the family Oestridae in the order Diptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Ox warble fly (Hypoderma bovis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/ox-warble-fly

MLA

“Ox warble fly (Hypoderma bovis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/ox-warble-fly.

BibTeX
@misc{ox_warble_fly_2026,
  title = {Ox warble fly (Hypoderma bovis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/ox-warble-fly},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}