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Larval and Pupal Development of Dermestes maculatus Degeer Under Controlled Conditions of Temperature and Relative Humidity

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

E. R. Bellemare  and
Louise Brunelle
E. R. Bellemare
Affiliation:
Institute of Biology, University of Montreal, Montreal
Louise Brunelle
Affiliation:
Institute of Biology, University of Montreal, Montreal
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The hide beetle, Dermestes maculatus Degeer, is a cosmopolitan insect which each year causes considerable losses to stored products throughout the world. The economic importance of this species is due especially to the habit which the mature larvae have of boring into many commodities in order to pupate. However, the larvae and adults also feed on and thus damage a wide variety of substances with a high protein content (4), e.g., bones, carcasses, skins and hides of all kinds, etc.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 82 , Issue 1 , January 1950 , pp. 22 - 24
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1950

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