Lucilia sericata strain from Colombia: Experimental colonization, life tables and evaluation of two artifcial diets of the blowfy Lucilia sericata (Meigen) (Diptera: Calliphoridae), Bogotá, Colombia strain

Biological Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-203

  Rueda, Luis C ^a   Ortega, Luis G ^a   Segura, Nidya A ^b   Acero, Víctor M ^a   Bello, Felio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SALLE   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Diet; Fecundity; Life cycle; Life table; Lucilia sericata

Indexed keywords

CALLIPHORIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LUCILIA SERICATA;

EID: 78549283138     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: 07176287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-97602010000200008     Document Type: Article

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