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A novel marking/release/recapture method for possible use in determining aspects of tsetse fly behaviour

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2011

D. A. Turner
D. A. Turner
Affiliation:
International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, P.O. Box 30772, Nairobi, Kenya
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Abstract

A method of marking tsetse flies is described based on the transfer of fluorescent pigment from marked males to females during copulation. Powder applied between the coxae of the male lodges in the scutellar groove of the female during mating. Powder persists well on males before mating and on females afterwards. Individual males can mark several females, and the marks of different males can be detected on females after multiple mating. Aspects of behaviour which may possibly be investigated using this method are described.

Keywords

Marking/release/recapture methodtsetse flybehaviour
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Research Article
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 1 , Issue 1: Epidemiology of African Trypanosomiasis , March 1980 , pp. 1 - 7
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Copyright © ICIPE 1980

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