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A method of artificial mass-breeding ofCeratitis capitata has been developped after the results obtained byFinney andChristenson. The breeding of the larvae is obtained on a medium made of powdered atomised carrot and brewer's yeast, the development of molds and bacteria being inhibited by benzoïc and hydrochloric acids. Nearly 80 per cent of the eggs give adult flies. An original method for obtaining the eggs in an artificial egg-laying apparatus is described. The development of the insect is completed in 21 days at the temperature of 26°C. A daily production of 20 000 flies or more is easily obtained, at very low cost, by the work of a single person.
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Travail réalisé avec la collaboration technique de MlleM. Barthes.
Station de Zoologie agricole du Centre de recherches agronomiques du Sud-Est.
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Féron, M., Delanoue, P. & Soria, F. L'élevage massif artificiel deCeratitis capitata Wied. . Entomophaga 3, 45–53 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02372199
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