Relative humidity effects on the life history of hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 971-978

  Holmes, L A ^a   Vanlaerhoven, S L ^a   Tomberlin, J K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adult emergence; egg clustering; egg desiccation hypothesis; egg eclosion; waste management

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; COMPOSTING; DESICCATION; EGG; EMERGENCE; FLY; LANDFILL; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIFE HISTORY; OPTIMIZATION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 84865405493     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN12054     Document Type: Article

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