Effect of the size of the pupae, adult diet, oviposition substrate and adult population density on egg production in Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)

Title:

Effect of the size of the pupae, adult diet, oviposition substrate and adult population density on egg production in Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae)

Creator:

Pastor, Berta, Čičková, Helena, Kozánek, Milan, Martínez-Sánchez, Anabel, Takáč, Peter, and Rojo, Santos

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:08cd1739-6a61-47b6-b927-0af806904329
uuid:08cd1739-6a61-47b6-b927-0af806904329

Subject:

Zoologie, entomologie, Diptera, Muscidae, Musca domestica, housefly, fecundity, size of the pupae, protein supplements, substrate presentation, substrate quality, spatial requirements, size of flies, mass rearing, 2, and 59

Type:

article, články, model:article, and TEXT

Description:

In order to enhance the mass production of the house fly, Musca domestica, five aspects of its oviposition biology were analyzed. Oviposition substrate and the manner of its presentation, the composition of the diet of the adults, size of the pupae and numbers of flies in a cage were identified as critical. Females preferred to lay eggs on a substrate which was presented within a shelter and with increased linear edges against which the flies could oviposit. Different types of oviposition substrate resulted in comparable yields of eggs. The presence of an oviposition attractant (ammonia) in the manure was found to have a potentially positive effect on female fecundity. Egg yield increased when two protein sources (yeast and milk) were included in the adult diet. However, flies fed a mixture of sugar and yeast laid over 50% fewer eggs than those fed the same proportion of sugar and milk. The fecundity of flies decreased with increase in the number of flies per cage, but the highest total number of eggs per cage was obtained when the flies were most crowded (14.2 cm3 per fly). The size of the pupae did not significantly affect egg production. and Berta Pastor, Helena Čičková, Milan Kozánek, Anabel Martínez-Sánchez, Peter Takáč, Santos Rojo.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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Source:

European Journal of Entomology | 2011 Volume:108 | Number:4

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