Dispersal of Released Irradiated Laboratory-Reared Screw-Worm Flies1
- 1 April 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 58 (2), 373-374
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/58.2.373
Abstract
Because ecological studies of screw-worms Cochliomvia hominivorax in Texas since 1962 showed that infestations spread rapidly in the spring of 1963, indicating either extensive overwintering or long-range dispersal by gravid female flies, a series of trapping studies, with marked, irradiated, laboratory-reared flies, was made. Results indicated a maximum dispersal range of 180 miles for individual flies.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- Local Distribution of Released Laboratory-Reared Screw-Worm Flies in Relation to Water SourcesJournal of Economic Entomology, 1963