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An energy budget for Glossina (Diptera: Glossinidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

E. Bursell  and
P. Taylor
E. Bursell
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Rhodesia, Salisbury, Zimbabwe
P. Taylor
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Rhodesia, Salisbury, Zimbabwe
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Abstract

Energy values for Glossina morsitans morsitans Westw. and for the vertebrate blood which constitutes its food were determined. On this basis, energy budgets for the hunger cycle were drawn up over a range of temperatures. The results indicate that daily flight duration for females is limited to a few minutes, while for males it averages about 15 min in the hot season and more than twice as long in the cold season.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 70 , Issue 2 , June 1980 , pp. 187 - 196
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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