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Indications concerning the flight activity of tsetse flies (Glossina morsitans Westw.) in the field

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

E. Bursell  and
Ella Slack
E. Bursell
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University College of Rhodesia, Salisbury, Rhodesia
Ella Slack
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University College of Rhodesia, Salisbury, Rhodesia
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The content of proline, alanine and glutamate in the thorax of tsetse flies (Glossina morsitans Westw.) caught by two different sampling techniques is compared. Flies caught on a stationary bait animal have significantly less proline and significantly more alanine and glutamate than flies caught on a fly-round. The difference suggests that flies of the bait sample have been more active than flies of the fly-round sample during the period immediately preceding capture.

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Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 58 , Issue 3 , February 1969 , pp. 575 - 580
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1969

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