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Delayed Oviposition in the Sheep Blowfly, Lucilia sericata (MG.)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

J. Hobart
J. Hobart
Affiliation:
Agricultural Zoology Laboratory, University College of North Wales, Bangor.
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Lucilia sericata (Mg.) has been bred successfully in small cages having a volume of about 1/60 cubic metre.

Female flies that contain ripe eggs, if given only sugar and water, will withhold their eggs for periods up to 24 days. There appears to be no decrease in the numbers of eggs laid or in the percentage of young larvae hatched, providing the delay in oviposition is not longer than ten days. If the meat is withheld for longer periods then there is a reduction in the daily egg production.

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Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 47 , Issue 3 , October 1956 , pp. 469 - 474
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1956

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