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A SIMPLE TECHNIQUE FOR MASS-REARING THE ONION MAGGOT (DIPTERA: ANTHOMYIIDAE) ON AN ARTIFICIAL DIET

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

W. R. Allen  and
W. L. Askew
W. R. Allen
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Winnipeg, Manitoba
W. L. Askew
Affiliation:
Research Station, Canada Department of Agriculture, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Abstract

A gelatine-based diet for rearing the onion maggot, Hylemya antiqua (Meigen), that contains sucrose, evaporated milk, yeast hydrolysate, wheat embryo, cellulose powder, n-propyl disulfide, water, and antibiotics is described. Three consecutive generations reared on this medium were equal in puparial weights, percentages of pupation, adult emergence, and egg hatch, to those reared on onion bulbs. The procedure is simple and two man-hours per week is sufficient for producing 1000 maggots daily.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 102 , Issue 12 , December 1970 , pp. 1554 - 1558
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1970

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