TIME SPENT BY BLOWFLY LUCILIA SERICATA ON STANDARD TRAPS BAITED WITH LIVER AND AMMONIA
Keywords:
Lucilia sericata, trap, behaviorAbstract
Calliphorids are the most important blowflies, because they can cause injuries
mainly in sheep, but also in other species of economic importance. This paper
describes the flies’ behavior on and around a trap before they entered in. Many
Lucilia sericata (35.05%) stayed a shorter time (two to six seconds) on the standard
trap, while only 6.18% of them spent a longer time (26 to 30 seconds) before
entering the trap
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