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A simple method for breeding the house-fly, Musca domestica vicina Macquart, in the laboratory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

K. Tharumarajah  and
E. S. Thevasagayam
K. Tharumarajah
Affiliation:
Insect-borne Diseases Field Training Centre, Kurunegala, Ceylon.
E. S. Thevasagayam
Affiliation:
Insect-borne Diseases Field Training Centre, Kurunegala, Ceylon.
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Coconut poonac, the cake left over after the extraction of oil from coconut pulp, has been used very successfully for breeding Musca d. vicina Macq. in the laboratory in Ceylon. The fly lays its eggs in the poonac and the larvae live and pupate in the same medium.

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Research Paper
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 52 , Issue 3 , October 1961 , pp. 457 - 458
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1961

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