Artemisia spp. essential oils against the disease-carrying blowfly Calliphora vomitoria [PDF]
Parasites & Vectors, 2017 Synanthropic flies play a considerable role in the transmission of pathogenic and non-pathogenic microorganisms. In this work, the essential oil (EO) of two aromatic plants, Artemisia annua and Artemisia dracunculus, were evaluated for their abilities to control the blowfly Calliphora vomitoria. Artemisia annua and A.
BEDINI, STEFANO +8 more
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Technical Note: A comparison of solvents for optimal extraction and morphological identification of blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from sticky traps [PDF]
Forensic Science International: SynergyPassive sampling techniques such as sticky traps are recommended for research studies assessing colonisation patterns of forensically important flies.
Kate M. Barnes +7 more
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Ecological Preferences of Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae (Diptera) in the Region Calabria (Southern Italy) [PDF]
InsectsDiptera belonging to the families Calliphoridae and Sarcophagidae are known for their diversified trophic preferences and for their forensic and medical-veterinary relevance.
Domenico Bonelli +11 more
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Benefits of Essential Oil-Enriched Chitosan on Beef: From Appearance and Odour Improvement to Protection Against Blowfly Oviposition [PDF]
FoodsThe food industry is increasingly turning to healthy and eco-friendly alternatives for meat preservation, with recent attention focused on chitosan (CH) and essential oils (EOs). Here, we propose two liquid formulations of CH enriched with Laurus nobilis
Priscilla Farina +5 more
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Unexpected Evolutionary Divergence of Tachykinin‐Positive Neurons Innervating the Central Complex in Hexapods [PDF]
Journal of Comparative Neurology, Volume 534, Issue 3, March 2026.The central complex is a group of midline‐spanning neuropils in the brain of insects with a key role in goal‐directed orientation and navigation. Immunolabeling in 25 species, ranging from bristletails to flies, shows that neurons containing peptides of the tachykinin family of neuropeptides are present in most species studied.
Uwe Homberg +8 more
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Allometry of Ingestion Among Habitat Mimicking Praying Mantises [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 2, February 2026.We investigate the allometry of ingestion among habitat mimicking praying mantises. We found strong relations to body size, but not camouflage. We compare our results to handling time in other predatory groups. ABSTRACT Ingestion is the process of consuming a resource and is a component of an organism's handling time, which can limit the acquisition of
Christopher Oufiero +2 more
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Origins and Diversification of Myiasis Across Blowflies [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, Volume 15, Issue 2, February 2025.This study investigates the evolutionary path to parasitism in blowflies, modeling traits such as trophic specialization, larval food substrate, and developmental temperature. Our results support that blowfly parasitism evolved from saprophagy or facultative parasitism, emphasizing the crucial role of facultative parasitism as a transitional stage ...
Gisele Antoniazzi Cardoso +7 more
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A case of polyploid utility in biocontrol: reproductively‐impaired triploid Nasonia vitripennis have high host‐killing ability [PDF]
Pest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 3, Page 1469-1477, March 2025.Parasitization ability on blowfly pupae of polyploid (triploid) females of the model parasitoid Nasonia vitripennis was compared against diploid controls. Despite highly impaired reproduction, the infertile polyploids had parasitization ability equal to control diploids, demonstrating high utility of polyploid parasitoids for biocontrol, with less ...
Xuan Li, Kelley Leung
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Novel use of a servosphere to study apodous insects: Investigation of blow fly post‐feeding larval dispersal [PDF]
Medical and Veterinary Entomology, Volume 39, Issue 1, Page 14-21, March 2025.A servosphere was used to record the speed, directionality and phototaxis of individual post‐feeding larvae of two species of blow fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) on a smooth plastic surface over time. The servosphere rotates to compensate for the movement of an insect placed at its apex, thereby facilitating its unimpeded locomotion in any direction and ...
Molly Mactaggart +3 more
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Journal of Forensic Science and Medicine, 2022 Introduction: Calliphoridae plays a key role in forensic entomology research, which is one of the first insects to decompose animal carcasses.The mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I and the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2) are ...
Mengzi Yang +4 more
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