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Rearing and Culturing Musca sorbens Wied. in the Laboratory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Mahmoud Hafez  and
M. A. Attia
Mahmoud Hafez
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University.
M. A. Attia
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, Faculty of Science, Cairo University.
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Summary

Several artificial media were tested in an attempt to eliminate the use of human faeces as oviposition and early larval habitats for breeding Musca sorbens Wied. in the laboratory. Eggs, laid on cotton-wool pads moistened with diluted milk or, preferably, on small quantities (10–15 g.) of human excrement, were transferred to the breeding medium. The best of those tested was a mixture of coarse wheat bran (120 g.) and diluted milk (240 g.), which yielded normal healthy larvae and adults. The average weight of a puparium produced in this medium was somewhat less than that of one produced in human excrement.

Type
Research Paper
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 49 , Issue 4 , December 1958 , pp. 633 - 635
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1958

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