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One of the following is a non-blood feeding insect that attacks cattle and causes myiasis Choose the correct answer from the options given below

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Cochliomyia hominivorax, New World screwworm, adults are non-blood-feeding free-living flies feeding on nectar. Larvae are obligate parasites causing traumatic myiasis in cattle wounds, feeding on living tissue, unlike Stomoxys which is hematophagous blood feeder.

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