House Fly (Musca domestica L.) (Diptera Muscidae) Development in Different Types of Manure

Abstract

Animal production units with different management systems can be foundalong the Huasco Valley, Region of Atacama, Chile. These constitutesources of house flies (Musca domestica L.) and other vector flyspecies that cause damage to animals and nuisance problemsin urban areas. In order to asses the importance of fly breeding sources,an experiment was carried out under laboratory conditions to evaluatedifferent types of animal manure and composted swine manure. Timeof larval development, larva mortality, pupa size, and weight andtime of development to the adult stage were assessed. Results showthat swine, poultry and calf manure produced a significantly highernumber of adult flies, shorter life cycles and larger and heavierpupae. Cow, dog, goat and horse manure follow in effectiveness forfly production. Composted swine manure was totally ineffective fordomestic fly development.