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EFFECTS OF INSECT DEVELOPMENTAL INHIBITORS ON ADULT EMERGENCE OF BLACK FLIES (DIPTERA: SIMULIIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

B. McKague  and
P. M. Wood
B. McKague
Affiliation:
B.C. Research, Vancouver, British Columbia
P. M. Wood
Affiliation:
B.C. Research, Vancouver, British Columbia
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Abstract

Adult emergence of Simulium decorum and Simulium tuberosum was reduced or completely inhibited in air-agitated stream water by 0.1 p.p.m. slow release formulations of insect growth regulators. Abnormal pupae were produced when S. decorum larvae were exposed to 5 p.p.m. R20458-4E.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 106 , Issue 3 , March 1974 , pp. 253 - 256
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1974

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