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Relationship between protein ingestion and sexual receptivity in females of the Australian sheep blowfly Lucilia cuprina
Author(s) -
BROWNE L. BARTON,
BARTELL R. J.,
GERWEN A. C. M.,
LAWRENCE L. A.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
physiological entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.693
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1365-3032
pISSN - 0307-6962
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-3032.1976.tb00969.x
Subject(s) - lucilia cuprina , biology , receptivity , mating , fecundity , ingestion , meal , zoology , corpus allatum , endocrinology , medicine , juvenile hormone , physiology , insect , ecology , larva , calliphoridae , food science , population , demography , sociology
The receptivity of females of Luciliu cuprina to mating attempts is increased by protein feeding. Females became maximally receptive after consuming a quantity of protein which was insufficient to allow full ovarian development in any individual, and which was 25 % of that needed to produce full ovarian development in most flies. Receptivity increased progressively over 3 days following a protein meal taken on the day after emergence, but was almost maximal within 24 h when females were given a protein meal on the fifth day after emergence. Topical application of the insect growth regulator Altosid caused a marked increase in the sexual receptivity of non‐protein fed females.