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AN IMPROVED CHEMICALLY DEFINED DIET FOR LUCILIA SERICATA (DIPTERA: CALLIPHORIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. S. Barlow  and
S. Kollberg
J. S. Barlow
Affiliation:
Pestology Centre, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
S. Kollberg
Affiliation:
Pestology Centre, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia
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Abstract

Larvae of the blowfly Lucilia sericata were shown to require more sodium in their diet than do larvae of Pseudosarcophaga affinis. A chemically denned diet, originally designed for P. affinis, and modified by the addition of agar to suit L. sericata, was further improved by substituting 0.04 g/l. of NaOH and an equivalent amount of KOH.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 103 , Issue 9 , September 1971 , pp. 1341 - 1345
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1971

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