Jun 20, 2022
House Fly (Musca domestica) laboratory rearing protocol - Gerry lab (UC Riverside)
- 1Department of Entomology
Protocol Citation: Levi Zahn, Alec Gerry 2022. House Fly (Musca domestica) laboratory rearing protocol - Gerry lab (UC Riverside). protocols.io https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.6qpvr6wz2vmk/v1
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License: This is an open access protocol distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited
Protocol status: Working
We use this protocol and it’s working
Created: June 20, 2022
Last Modified: June 20, 2022
Protocol Integer ID: 64958
Keywords: house fly, housefly, musca, rearing, immature, colony
Abstract
This protocol is designed for large scale laboratory rearing of house flies at very low cost.
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Guidelines
This protocol is designed for large scale laboratory rearing of house flies at very low cost.
Before start
If you are collecting flies from a field site to begin your house fly colony, be sure to keep field-collected adult flies away from any existing fly colonies or colony supplies. Field flies are likely to carry several fungal and bacterial pathogens that can infect your existing fly colonies. Instead, hold field flies separately and collect eggs from these flies that can then be placed into your colony rearing rooms without infecting other colonies.
Before start
If you are collecting flies from a field site to begin your house fly colony, be sure to keep field-collected adult flies away from any existing fly colonies or colony supplies. Field flies are likely to carry several fungal and bacterial pathogens that can infect your existing fly colonies. Instead, hold field flies separately and collect eggs from these flies that can then be placed into your colony rearing rooms without infecting other colonies.