Journal of Economic Entomology (1988) 81, 562-567

David B. Taylor (1988)
Response of screwworms (Diptera: Calliphoridae) to changes in the concentration of blood, egg and milk in the larval diet
Journal of Economic Entomology 81 (2), 562-567
Abstract: Larvae of screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel), were reared on diets with varying concentrations of whole dried bovine blood, whole dried egg, and nonfat dried milk. Pupal weight, egg to pupal survival, adult emergence, sex ratio, fecundity, and fertility were significantly affected by one or more of the dietary components. Curvilinear models for the effect of dietary component concentration on life history parameters were derived by multiple regression. Most models resulted in bell-shaped curves that were used to calculate optimal diet component concentrations. Biomass, survival, emergence, and fecundity were maximized at 6% blood, 5% egg, and 1.3% milk.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
rearing/culturing/mass production

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Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Cochliomyia hominivorax