Influence of photoperiod on body weight and depth of burrowing in larvae of Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) (Diptera, Calliphoridae) and implications for forensic entomology A influência do fotoperíodo no peso corpóreo e na profundidade de enterramento em larvas de Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius) (Diptera, Calliphoridae) e as implicações para entomologia forense

Blowflies use discrete, ephemeral breeding sites for larval nutrition. After exhaustion of the food supply, the larvae disperse in search of sites to pupate or to seek other sources of food in a process known as post-feeding larval dispersal. In this study, some of the most important aspects of this...

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Main Authors: Leonardo Gomes, Guilherme Gomes, Helena Gutierrez Oliveira, Marcos Rogério Sanches, Claudio José Von Zuben
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2006-03-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262006000100011