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Ovarian development in the blowflies Chrysomyaputoria and C. megacephala on natural diets
Author(s) -
LINHARES A. X.,
AVANCINI R. P. M.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
medical and veterinary entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2915
pISSN - 0269-283X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1989.tb00231.x
Subject(s) - biology , chrysomya megacephala , vitellogenesis , feces , calliphoridae , zebu , zoology , ecology , oocyte , fishery , larva , embryo
. Fresh human,‐chicken and cattle faeces were compared as diets for adult female blowflies Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) and C. putoria (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae). As controls, sugar and raw beef liver were used. For females of both species, fresh beef liver was the best of these diets: oogenesis was completed in 10–13 days. Human or chicken faeces facilitated slower oogenesis in 27–48 days. On a diet of cattle faeces, C. putoria females began vitellogenesis only 17 days after emergence, whereas females of C. megacephala remained previtellogenic until the end of the experiment (56 days).