Australian Journal of Zoology (1982) 30, 923-930

I.M. Cook and A.V. Spain (1982)
The effects of temperature and moisture on survival of the immature stages of the buffalo fly, Haematobia irritans exigua De Meijere (Diptera: Muscidae)
Australian Journal of Zoology 30 (6), 923-930
Abstract: The effects of temperature and moisture regimes on the survival of immature stages of the buffalo fly were measured. Eggs require high relative humidities to hatch. In saturated air, they failed to hatch at below 11.5°C and above 40° C, hatch rates being maximal between 20 and 35° C. In a two-way experiment, larvae survived treatments in which dung moisture content was greater than 63% of wet weight, and dung temperature below 37.5° C. Optimum larval survival was at approximately 25° C and 75-85% dung moisture content by dry weight. In saturated air, adults eclosed at from 17.5 to 35° C. At 25° C. eclosion occurred at relative humidities above 31%, but was greatly reduced at lower RHS.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution
environment - cropping system/rotation

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Haematobia exigua