Physical and Physiological Effects on the Response of Female Screwworms, Cochliomyia Hominivorax (Diptera: Calliphoridae), to Carrion Odors in an Olfactometer1
- 7 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 15 (2) , 124-131
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/15.2.124
Abstract
An olfactometer bioassay was developed to study screwworm attractants in the laboratory. Maximum attractancy and activity in the olfactometer occurred at a wind speed of 1 m/s, a light intensity of 10.8 lx, a humidity of 50% RH, a temperature of 27°C, and an exposure period of 15 min. The attractant source was a 25% solution of spent larval rearing medium (vat Auid) applied at a volume of 0.1 cm3 to a watersaturated dental roll. Flies fed on meat or blood were less attracted to vat fluid. It was concluded that vat fluid produced a feeding attractant.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: