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Med Vet Entomol

Title:		Semiochemical mediation of oviposition by the phlebotomine sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis
Author(s):		Dougherty MJ; Hamilton JG; Ward RD;
Address:		"Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, U.K"
Journal Title:		Med Vet Entomol
Year:		1993
Volume:		7
Issue:		3
Page Number:		219 - 224
DOI:		10.1111/j.1365-2915.1993.tb00680.x
ISSN/ISBN:		0269-283X (Print) 0269-283X (Linking)
Abstract:		"Extracts of rabbit food, hay and rabbit faeces elicited a positive oviposition response from gravid female Lutzomyia longipalpis sandflies (Diptera: Phlebotominae). Combined extract of rabbit food and oviposition pheromone had a synergistic effect on sandfly egg-laying, greatly increasing the number of eggs laid and resulting in a highly targeted response. Individually tubed flies, exposed to the combined extract, were shown to be 3.5 times more likely to survive oviposition and laid 2.5 times more eggs than control flies. A laboratory oviposition trap baited with the combined extract was tested in a cage and caught 31 (62%) of 50 gravid L. longipalpis over a 72h period"
Keywords:		Animal Feed Animals Feces Female *Odorants Oviposition/*physiology Pheromones Psychodidae/*physiology Rabbits Solvents;
Notes:		"MedlineDougherty, M J Hamilton, J G Ward, R D eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 1993/07/01 Med Vet Entomol. 1993 Jul; 7(3):219-24. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.1993.tb00680.x"