About Parasites found in Mountain Bluebird Nest Boxes
Newsletter Content, Research Steven Shumborski Newsletter Content, Research Steven Shumborski

About Parasites found in Mountain Bluebird Nest Boxes

The fly larvae that feed on the young bluebirds are common flies. I collected a number of the larvae and pupae from bluebird nest boxes this summer and put them in a jar. Then I left them for a couple weeks until the adults emerged from their cocoons, and what came out? Common flies, nothing special, just the everyday flies you see everywhere in fields and around cattle.

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