Response of the Adult Screwworm (Diptera: Calliphoridae) to Bacteria-Inoculated and Incubated Bovine Blood in Olfactometer and Oviposition Tests1

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Abstract
Olfactometer tests in the laboratory with bacteriainoculated and incubated defibrinated bovine blood showed that Proteus rettgeri attracted more adult screwworms, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel), than did 3 other Proteus species or species from 6 other genera of bacteria. A combination of Bacillus species stimulated greater oviposition from gravid females than did Proteus or a combination of Bacillus species plus Proteus Species.