Bed-jacket vs Nose botfly

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Nose botfly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Sapindaceae	Oestridae
Genus	Alectryon	Gasterophilus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Nose botfly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Nose botfly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Nose botfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and United States.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.