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SEASONAL ABUNDANCE AND ACTIVITY OF INDIGENOUS HYMENOPTEROUS PARASITOIDS ATTACKING THE HOUSE FLY (DIPTERA: MUSCIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J. R. Ables  and
M. Shepard
J. R. Ables
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology and Economic Zoology, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
M. Shepard
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology and Economic Zoology, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina
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Abstract

Eight species of hymenopterous parasitoids were reared from field-collected house fly puparia. The three most abundant parasitoid species, Spalangia nigroaenea Curtis, S. endius Walker, and Muscidifurax raptor Girault and Sanders, were capable of parasitizing up to 90% of hosts at certain times of year. The Spalangia spp. were the most effective parasitoids during most of the fly breeding season. Changes in parasitoid species abundance and rates of parasitism were apparently due to temperature and other habitat conditions.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 108 , Issue 8 , August 1976 , pp. 841 - 844
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1976

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