Biology, Ecology and Control of 'Musca sorbens'.
Abstract
Studies were initiated to determine the actual part that dog feces plays in the adult dog dung fly biology. Adult females of all physiological age groups were attracted to dog feces. In the laboratory, comparisons of ovarian development were made with adult flies fed on liver and dog feces. Further studies were conducted to evaluate the quality of dog feces as an adult food. A 12-month survey of M. sorbens abundance at four locations in Honolulu was completed. The graphical representation of comparative seasonal abundance of the three most numerous species of flies trapped at each study area are shown. Numbers of male M. sorbens trapped at each site were on the average always fewer than that of females. In general, populations of M. sorbens remained continually higher at the warm dry sites throughout the year. Biological control of Musca sorbens was studied with a pupal parasite of muscoid flies, Exoristobia philippinensis, and the microsporidian parasite, Octosporea muscadomesticae Flu.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 29, 1972
- Accession Number
- AD0756656
Entities
People
- Edwin S. Okada
- Minoru Tamashiro
- Ronald F. L. Mau
- Wallace C. Mitchell
Organizations
- University of Hawaiʻi System