Development of black soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) larvae fed dairy manure

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-15

  Myers, Heidi M ^a   Tomberlin, Jeffery K ^b   Lambert, Barry D ^c   Kattes, David ^a  

^a TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; DAIRY FARMING; FLY; LARVA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MANURE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DAIRYING; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; MANURE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DIPTERA; EATING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LARVA; LONGEVITY; MALE; MANURE; PUPA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; DIPTERA; HERMETIA ILLUCENS; STRATIOMYIDAE;

EID: 39749147054     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2008)37[11:DOBSFD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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