Behavior and Electrophysiological Response of Gravid and Non-Gravid Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae) to Carrion-Associated Compounds
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Yan, Guanjie; Liu, Shimin; Schlink, Anthony C; Flematti, Gavin R; Brodie, Bekka S; Bohman, Bjorn; Greeff, Johan C; Vercoe, Philip E; Hu, Jianhong; Martin, Graeme B
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The Australian blow fly, Lucilia cuprina Wiedmann (Diptera: Calliphoridae), is a major cause of myiasis (flystrike) in Merino sheep in Australia and New Zealand and, as a primary colonizer of fresh carrion, also an important species in forensic investigations. Olfaction is considered the most important cue for insects to rapidly locate carrion over long distances, so the first carrion visitors are predicted to be very sensitive to carrion-related volatile compounds. We studied the responses of...[Show more]
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Date published: | 2018 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/262976 |
Source: | Journal of economic entomology |
DOI: | 10.1093/jee/toy115 |
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