The Effect of Humidity on the Activity of Tsetse Flies
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- 1 March 1957
- journal article
- Published by The Company of Biologists in Journal of Experimental Biology
- Vol. 34 (1) , 42-51
- https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.34.1.42
Abstract
1. The activity of hungry tsetse flies is greater in dry air than in wet, and the intensity of this orthokinetic reaction increases in the course of desiccation. 2. The orthokinesis is abolished at low light intensities; this effect of light is mediated by the compound eyes. 3. The thoracic spiracular filters are the sense organs responsible for the kinetic reaction to humidity.Keywords
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