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Studies of British Anthomyiid Flies. VI.—The annual Cycle of Generations in some Anthomyiid Root Flies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Mary Miles
Mary Miles
Affiliation:
Wye College (University of London).
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Field and laboratory studies have shown that the several root-infesting Anthomyiid flies differ greatly in the number of generations composing their annual cycle and in the minimum temperature conditions necessary for full activity.

Onion flies (Delia antiqua (Mg.) ) were mainly univoltine in laboratory cultures. Of 369 first-generation pupae studied in 1953, only 141 (about 40 per cent.) gave rise to flies in July-August and 228 (about 60 per cent.) entered a diapause, in which 196 (about 85 per cent, of those entering diapause) remained until the following spring. In 1954, 99 per cent, of the first-generation pupae from univoltine flies and 97 per cent, of those from bivoltine flies entered the overwintering diapause in July. It then appeared that exposure to low temperatures during the development of the first-generation larvae had induced diapause in the pupae. This was confirmed by the unexpectedly high proportion (49 per cent.) of wild first-generation pupae which entered the overwintering diapause in July in the cool summer of 1954. It was also established that the spring oviposition period for D. antiqua began about the end of May, and it appeared that, in the field, air temperatures of approximately 70°F. were necessary to stimulate egg-laying. First-generation flies emerged in the second and third weeks of July, their numbers depending on the temperature in June. A few second-generation flies, together with late first-generation flies, may emerge in September, but the temperature is then too low for oviposition and there seem to be no third-generation larvae.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 46 , Issue 1 , April 1955 , pp. 11 - 19
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1955

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