Studies on the Influence of the Environment on the Sheep Blow-fly Lucilia Sericata Meig
- 1 August 1934
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Parasitology
- Vol. 26 (3), 366-377
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0031182000023702
Abstract
The many factors governing loss of water from the egg of Lucilia sericata are discussed, and this loss of water is shown to be the probable cause of mortality and failure to complete development at different combinations of temperature and humidity.Keywords
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