Substrate effects on pupation and adult emergence of Hermetia illucens (Diptera: Stratiomyidae)

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 370-374

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

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adult emergence; insect colony maintenance; postfeeding larvae; rearing media; waste management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COLONY; EMERGENCE; ENTOMOLOGY; FLY; LANDFILL; LARVA; PUPATION; REARING; SUBSTRATE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; EVALUATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSECT; LARVA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; DIPTERA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; LARVA; PUPA;

EID: 84875868871     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/en12255     Document Type: Article

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