Ovarian development in the blowflies Chrysomyaputoria and C. megacephala on natural diets
- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Medical and Veterinary Entomology
- Vol. 3 (3) , 293-295
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2915.1989.tb00231.x
Abstract
Fresh human, chicken and cattle faeces were compared as diets for adult female blowflies Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) and C. putoria (Wiedemann) (Diptera: Calliphoridae). As controls, sugar and raw beef liver were used. For females of both species, fresh beef liver was the best of these diets: oogenesis was completed in 10-13 days. Human or chicken faeces facilitated slower oogenesis in 27-48 days. On a diet of cattle faeces, C. putoria females began vitellogenesis only 17 days after emergence, whereas females of C. megacephala remained previtellogenic until the end of the experiment (56 days).Keywords
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