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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Fiocruz
ISSN: 1678-8060 EISSN: 1678-8060
Vol. 96, No. 6, 2001, pp. 875-878
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Bioline Code: oc01141
Full paper language: English
Document type: Research Article
Document available free of charge
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Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol. 96, No. 6, 2001, pp. 875-878
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Prey Choice by Facultative Predator Larvae of Chrysomya albiceps (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
Lucas Del Bianco Faria & Wesley Augusto Conde Godoy
Abstract
In this study we investigated predation rates on third instar larvae of Chrysomya putoria and C. megacephala by third instar larvae of C. albiceps in a two-choice situation. The highest predation rate occurred on C. putoria larvae and this result is compared to previous experiments, in which C. macellaria larvae were present. Our results suggest that, when C. macellaria is absent C. albiceps larvae attack more C. putoria than C. megacephala larvae. Prey choice decisions and its implications for introduced and native blowflies are discussed.
Keywords
Chrysomya albiceps, prey choice, larval predation, interspecific interaction, Diptera -Calliphoridae
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