Bulletin 122 - Fruit-fly: Description and control

Authors

L. J. Newman, Western Australia Department of Agriculture

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Publication Date

1924

Series Number

122

Abstract

IT is a fundamental principle of Economic Entomology that, in order to successfully combat an insect, the life history of that insect must be worked out. A feature common to all insects is a series of stages involving distinct changes of form which succeed each other in a definite order.

An insect like the fruit-fly affords no exception to this universal rule. Beginning with the fly, we have in regular succession—Egg, Larva, Pupa, and finally the fly again. These stages represent what is known as the life cycle of time insect. Each change—such as larva to pupa, pupa to fly—is termed a metamorphosis. In other words, the complete life cycle from any given stage—such as egg to egg, etc.—is accomplished by a series of metamorphoses or changes of form.

Number of Pages

42

Publisher

State of Western Australia (Department of Agriculture)

City

Perth

Keywords

Fruit fly (Ceratitis Capitata), Mediterranean fruit-fly, Horticulture, Fruit science

Disciplines

Entomology | Fruit Science | Horticulture | Plant Pathology

Recommended Citation

Newman, L J. (1924), Bulletin 122 - Fruit-fly: Description and control. State of Western Australia (Department of Agriculture), Perth. Bulletin 122.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/bulletins1/16

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