| Abstract: |
Adult flies were captured by using bait traps in four different animal and poultry farms at Sharkia Governorate, east Delta, Egypt, from July, 2001 to June, 2002. A total of 53900 flies were counted, and identified which represented by 14 species, 11 genera and 7 families. Cow stable ranked the first position by 36.82% of the total catch, where the family Muscidae was the dominant one (69.7% of flies) and included the highest number of species (5 species) compared to the other caught families. Musca domestica was the dominant species in both types of animal farms (68.58%), followed by Drosophila repleta (28.97%), then M. tempestiva (1.1%) and Chrysomyia albiceps (0.68%). The most attractive material was the standard larval rearing medium of house fly in cow, buffalo stable and poultry farm, but this medium came in the second position in rabbitry farm, while skimmed white cheese ranked the first position in this farm. Abundance of larvae and pupae of M. domestica in cattle and poultry manure was also studied at Sharkia Governorate, Egypt, from July, 2001 to June, 2002, it was high in poultry manure and low in cattle dung. Numbers of counted larvae were more than that of pupae.Temperature and relative humidity played an important role in population of larvae and pupae. The highest total number of larvae and .
|
|
|