Study of the combined radial post-feeding dispersion of the blowflies Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) and C. albiceps (Wiedemann) (Diptera, Calliphoridae) Estudo da dispersão radial combinada de Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) e C. albiceps (Wiedemann) (Diptera, Calliphoridae)
Blowflies use discrete and ephemeral substrates to feed their larvae. After they run out of food, the larvae begin to disperse in order to find adequate places for pupation or additional food sources, a process named post-feeding larval dispersion. Some important aspects of this process were studied...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia
2005-09-01
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Series: | Revista Brasileira de Entomologia |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262005000300011 |