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Note on the Effects of Food and Storage on the Specific Gravity, Osmotic Pressure, and Volume of Blood of Mature Larvae of Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

H. L. House  and
Lois E. Rollins
H. L. House
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute for Biological Control, Research Branch Canada Department of Agriculture, Belleville, Ontario
Lois E. Rollins
Affiliation:
Entomology Research Institute for Biological Control, Research Branch Canada Department of Agriculture, Belleville, Ontario
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In research on insect immunity, bacterial antigens were injected into Galleria mellonella L. larvae (Stephens, 1959). It was suspected that the quality and quantity of the blood, or hemolymph, might differ if the larvae were obtained from different sources. This note reports the effects of food and storage on the specific gravity and osmotic pressure of the blood, and of storage on the blood volume.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 93 , Issue 8 , August 1961 , pp. 653 - 654
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1961

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