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New Equipment for Rearing Small Numbers of Pseudosarcophaga affinis (Fall.) (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) for Experimental Purposes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

H. L. House  and
J. S. Barlow
H. L. House
Affiliation:
Entomology Laboratory, Belleville, Ontario
J. S. Barlow
Affiliation:
Entomology Laboratory, Belleville, Ontario
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Nutritional studies (House, 1954, a-d; House and Barlow, 1956) with the sarcophagid Pseudosarcophaga affinis (Fall.) have been in progress for a number of years at the Belleville laboratory. Recently a new technique was developed for the care of large numbers of small lots of P. affinis. This makes use of a convenient holder for larval rearing tubes; a cage assembly for rearing pupae and flies; and a rack to hold a large number of cages, each easily accessible and uniformly illuminated, in a minimum of space. When this equipment is used, the treatment of the insects is more uniform and less time-consuming than with the equipment previously used. The new technique and equipment are described in this paper.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 89 , Issue 4 , April 1957 , pp. 145 - 150
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1957

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