Gonotrophic Development and Survival in Field Populations of Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae) at Dairies in California, Minnesota, and Georgia, and the Relationship of Fly Age to Relative Abundance of (Z) -9-Tricosene (Muscalure)

摘要

Adult female Musca domestica L. were collected in 2004 and 2005 from dairies in California, Minnesota, and Georgia. Relative abundance of (Z)-9-tricosene (muscalure) among the dominant eight hydrocarbons was determined. Fly heads then were removed toquantify pterin levels and estimate fly age, abdomens were dissected to score gonotrophic development and parity (follicular relics), and spermathecae were examined for sperm. Daily survival was assessed using two estimates of time required to become gra