Failure of Hydrotaea aenescens, a larval predator of the housefly, Musca domestica, to establish in wet poultry manure on a commercial farm in Florida, U.S.A.

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 349-354

  Hogsette, J A ^a,c   Jacobs, R D ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Chicken caged layer house; Chicken pullet house; Hydrotaea aenescens; Mass fly release; Musca domestica; Poultry; U.S.A.

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; POULTRY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; HOUSE FLY; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; MANURE; METHODOLOGY; MUSCIDAE; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FLORIDA; HOUSEFLIES; INSECT CONTROL; LARVA; MANURE; MUSCIDAE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033213837     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00173.x     Document Type: Article

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