Suppression of a Field Population of Houseflies with Spalangia endius
- 1 August 1975
- journal article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 189 (4200) , 388-389
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1145207
Abstract
Sustained releases of the microhymenopteran pupal parasite Spalangia endius, at a commercial poultry installation in north Florida, completely suppressed a population of houseflies with in 35 days.Keywords
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