A new membrane for feeding Glossina morsitans Westw. (Diptera, Glossinidae)
- 1 June 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Bulletin of Entomological Research
- Vol. 65 (4), 563-565
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007485300006246
Abstract
The preparation and use of a simple, durable silicone membrane for feeding females of Glossina morsitans Westw. are described. Mean fecundity and mean pupal weight were nearly as good on the silicone membrane as on agar/Parafilm or rabbit ears, and survival of females after 108 days was 46·7%, as against 4·4% and 24·7%, respectively.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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