| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1984 |
| Authors: | R. K. Sofield, Hansens E. J. |
| Journal: | Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington |
| Volume: | 86 |
| Pagination: | 195-198 |
| Date Published: | 1984 |
| Keywords: | New Jersey, Rearing, Reproduction, Tabanidae, Tabanus nigrovittatus, USA |
| Abstract: | In the laboratory in New Jersey, Tabanus nigrovittatus Macq. was reared from egg to adult in 78-155 days at 27°C and LD 16:8; larvae of Musca domestica L. were supplied as food for the Tabanus larvae and human blood for the adults. Head-capsule growth and duration of individual larval instars were measured; the 6th of the 7-10 instars observed was the shortest (10.1 days) and the 9th was the longest (18.5 days). Larval mortality reached 94.5% in 1978 and 70.3% in 1979. Reared adults did not mate in the laboratory, but some of the virgin females oviposited and then took blood from a human host. |
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