Survival of Screw-Worm1 Pupae Exposed to Simulated Winter Temperatures from Selected Sites in Texas
- 1 January 1968
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 61 (1) , 65-67
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/61.1.65
Abstract
Climates of Mission, San Antonio, and Lubbock, Texas, were simulated in bioclimatic cabinets at Brownsville, Texas, to determine whether the screw-worm, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel), might be increasing its cold-hardiness and extending its distribution beyond the known geographical range. The areas for which climates were simulated are in and adjoining the zone where sterile screw-worm flies were being released to eradicate the insect from the Southwestern United States. The coldest winters were simulated for Mission and San Antonio; the warmest winter was programmed for Lubbock. Test climates for each site were selected from weather data for 15–20 years. Screw-worms survived in the climates simulated for Mission and San Antonio but did not survive beyond the 6th week in the climate simulated for Lubbock.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: