Open AccessDISPERSAL OF POST‐FEEDING LARVAE OF LUCILIA CUPRINA (WIEDEMANN) (DIPTERA: CALLIPHORIDAE)
Author(s) -
Vogt W. G.,
Woodburn T. L.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1982.tb01816.x
Subject(s) - lucilia cuprina , biology , calliphoridae , biological dispersal , larva , host (biology) , carrion , zoology , ecology , lucilia , population , demography , sociology
Abstract Both carrion and live sheep were used as hosts for Lucilia cuprina and the post‐feeding larvae permitted to disperse freely. The majority of the larvae entered the soil in the immediate vicinity of the host; median dispersal distances ranged from 0.8 m to 1.6 m. The type of host that the larvae fed upon appeared to have no bearing on subsequent dispersal of the post‐feeding larvae.