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Throat bot fly

Gasterophilus nasalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

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The throat bot fly (Gasterophilus nasalis) is a species in the family Oestridae, order Diptera.

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Quick facts about the throat bot fly

Weight
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Lifespan
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Main food
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Habitat
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Young per litter or clutch
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Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
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Where does the throat bot fly live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the throat bot fly as introduced in 1 country.

  1. 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 throat bot 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 throat bot fly classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderDiptera
  5. familyOestridae
  6. genusGasterophilus
  7. SpeciesGasterophilus nasalis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Cephenemyia nasalis, Gasterophilus clarkii, Gasterophilus crossi, Gasterophilus salutaris, Gasterophilus veterinus, Gastrophilus albescens, Gastrophilus nasalis var. nudicollis, Gastrophilus veterinus var. aureus, Gastrus jumentarum, Gastrus subjacens, Oestrus clarkii, Oestrus equi, Oestrus gastricus, Oestrus nasalis, Oestrus nasulis, Oestrus salutaris, Oestrus stomachinus, Oestrus stomachiuus, Oestrus veterinus

Other names and names in other languages (6)
  • Clear-winged horse botflyEnglish
  • Horse nasal bot flyEnglish
  • Throat bot-flyEnglish
  • oestre de la gorgeFrench
  • Олений носовой оводRussian
  • strečok nosovýSlovak

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the throat bot fly

Other species in the same genus Gasterophilus.

Horse bot fly

Gasterophilus intestinalis

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Nose bot fly

Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis

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Horse botfly

Gasterophilus inermis

OestridaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the throat bot fly an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the throat bot fly as introduced in 1 country: United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the throat bot fly?

The throat bot fly (Gasterophilus nasalis) belongs to the family Oestridae in the order Diptera.

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

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Throat bot fly (Gasterophilus nasalis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/throat-bot-fly

MLA

“Throat bot fly (Gasterophilus nasalis).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/throat-bot-fly.

BibTeX
@misc{throat_bot_fly_2026,
  title = {Throat bot fly (Gasterophilus nasalis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/throat-bot-fly},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}