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SHEEP BLOW‐FLY INVESTIGATIONS
Author(s) -
HOBSON R. P.
Publication year - 1938
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1938.tb04370.x
Subject(s) - biology , maggot , zoology , toxicology , botany
S ummary1 An investigation has been made of the effect of temperature upon the time required for the development of the ovaries in the sheep maggot fly. 2 It has been shown that two meat meals are essential for the development of mature eggs in the ovaries. This applies also to the further production of eggs after opposition. 3 Neither plant materials nor animal excreta can replace meat in the diet of the female fly if eggs are to develop in the ovaries. 4 Various products of putrehction stimulate gravid females to opposite, but these substances do not attract flies from a distance.