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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[1]
- The biology and control of the fox maggot Wohlfahrtia opaca (Coq.)
1960, J. R. Gorham et al., Minks: Diseases and Parasites[2], page 24:The fox maggot (Wohlfahrtia spp.) is widely distributed throughout the Northern United States.
