New World screw-worm fly Cochliomyia hominivorax

Classification

Cochliomyia [genus] (2)

Cochliomyia [genus] (2)

Recorded on	Curaçao

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Curaçao

Notes on presence status	Found as a parasite on Bos taurus. To be expected on Aruba and Bonaire by Van den Burg et al. (2025).

Pers. comm. H.J.W.M. Cremers.
Burg, M.P. van den, Proosdij, A.S.J. van, Balborda, T.M., Boeken, M., Buurt, G. van, Freitas, J. de, Houtepen, E., Leeuwen, S.J. van, Mitchell, A., Waart, S. de & Debrot, A.O. 2025. Invasive Species: Major Threat to Caribbean Netherlands Biodiversity. In: Debrot et al. 2025. State of Nature Report for the Caribbean Netherlands 2024. C001/25: 337-351. Wageningen University and Research.