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Notes on Scatophaga stercoraria (L.) (Diptera: Anthomyiidae), A Predator of the Cabbage Maggot, Hylemya brassicae (Bouché)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. C. Read
Affiliation:
Crop Insect Section, Science Service Laboratory, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island

Extract

During investigations on the life-history and habits of the cabbage maggot, (Hylemya brassicae (Bouché), at Charlottetown in 1956, specimens of the dipterous predator Scatophaga stercoraria (L.) were observed destroying adults in an outdoor study cage. Identification of the specimens was confirmed by Dr. J. R. Vockeroth, Entomology Division, Ottawa.

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Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1958

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References

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