bottle-brush aloe vs Throat botfly

Aloe rupestris compared with Gasterophilus nasalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	bottle-brush aloe	Throat botfly
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Asparagales (Asparagales)	Diptera (Diptera)
Family	Asphodelaceae	Oestridae
Genus	Aloe	Gasterophilus
Species	Aloe rupestris	Gasterophilus nasalis

Conservation Status

bottle-brush aloe

LC — Least Concern

Throat botfly

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	bottle-brush aloe	Throat botfly
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

bottle-brush aloe

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Throat botfly

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

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

bottle-brush aloe

The Bottle-brush Aloe (Aloe rupestris) is a species in the genus Aloe. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.