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Notes on Scatophaga stercoraria (L.) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), A Predator of the Cabbage Maggot, Hylemya brassicae (Bouché)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. C. Read
D. C. Read
Affiliation:
Crop Insect Section, Science Service Laboratory, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
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During investigations on the life-history and habits of the cabbage maggot, (Hylemya brassicae (Bouché), at Charlottetown in 1956, specimens of the dipterous predator Scatophaga stercoraria (L.) were observed destroying adults in an outdoor study cage. Identification of the specimens was confirmed by Dr. J. R. Vockeroth, Entomology Division, Ottawa.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 90 , Issue 6 , June 1958 , pp. 376
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1958

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