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An experimentally tested model of the cumulative mating frequency curve for Lucilia sericata (Mg.) (Dipt., Calliphoridae)
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 July 2009
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When virgins of both sexes of the sheep blow-fly Lucilia sericata (Mg.) are placed together in cages, the cumulative mating frequency curve has a regular form: the shape of this curve is believed to be largely a consequence of the progressive decrease in the density of flies available for mating. A model based on this hypothesis is successfully tested against experimentally obtained data. A mating rate coefficient is proposed.
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