Difference in Response of Two Strains of Screw-Worm Flies¹ to the Male Pheromone²

Authors: FLETCHER, L. W.; CLABORN, H. V.; TURNER, J. P.; LOPEZ, E.

Source: Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 61, Number 5, October 1968 , pp. 1386-1388(3)

Publisher: Entomological Society of America

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Abstract:

Unmated females of the Florida strain of Cochliomyia Hominivorax (Coquerel) that has been colonized for 11 years responded to male pheromone from that strain and from the laboratory-reared Mexican strain. Females from the Mexican strain did not respond to either pheromone. The selection pressures of mass rearing may have affected the responses of the 2 strains.

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 1968-10-01

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