Biological Control: An Important Component in Integrated Management ofMusca domestica(Diptera: Muscidae) in Caged-Layer Poultry Houses in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Crespo, Diana Elvira; Lecuona, Roberto E.; Hogsette, Jerome A.

doi:10.1006/bcon.1998.0632

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“…These results are similar to previous study (Crespo et al 1998). Although many other parasitoid species are present in Argentina (De Santis & De Sureda 1988), S. endius and M. raptor appear to be the most commonly encountered around poultry facilities.…”

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“…Lime (calcium oxide) was applied ad libitum directly to wet areas of manure as needed as a desiccant. The parasitic wasps, Spalangia endius Walker and Muscidifurax raptor Girault & Sanders, were reared in our laboratory in Buenos Aires and released weekly at the rate of six wasps per bird (Crespo et al 1998). Parasitized housefly pupae were placed in paper bags and wasps were allowed to emerge.…”

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“…An average grid count was computed for each house using the five highest counts. Variation between average grid counts per house was minimal during each sampling period (Crespo et al 1998) and for this reason, standard error values, which were very small, are not presented with average grid count values. Fly densities were considered to be acceptable when the average grid count in the houses was 10 flies/grid.…”

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Strategies for controlling house fly populations resistant to cyromazine

Crespo¹,

Lecuona²,

Hogsette³

2002

Neotrop. Entomol.

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RESUMO -Os objetivos deste estudo foram comparar, dos pontos de vista biológico e econômico, o impacto de várias estratégias de controle e avaliar os seus efeitos sobre a Musca domestica L., resistente à ciromazina, e sobre parasitóides benéficos da pupas de mosca doméstica em aviários (240.000 frangos) na Argentina. As estratégias avaliadas foram: controle químico, controle químico + cultural, e químico + cultural + biológico (manejo integrado de pragas). Os produtos utilizados foram: ciromazina 1% e 50%, DDVP, azametifós com e sem z-9-tricoseno, calcário, e os parasitóides Spalangia endius Walker e Muscidifurax raptor Girault & Sanders. No caso de ausência de medidas de controle, a densidade populacional da mosca aumentou rapidamente e a média de parasitismo foi de 12%. Quando somente o controle químico foi utilizado, as populações de moscas foram reduzidas para 40 por grupo e a média de parasitismo foi de 2%. Quando a ciromazina tópica foi utilizada em conjunto com o controle cultural (calcário), a população de moscas foi reduzida mais rapidamente que nos tratamentos com moscas alimentadas com ciromazina 1%. Com o uso subseqüente de vespas parasitas, altos índices de parasitismo foram observados e a população de mosca doméstica foi reduzida aos níveis de tolerância em tempo menor que em todos os outros tratamentos. Dos pontos de vista biológico e econômico, o melhor tratamento para controle de mosca doméstica resistente à ciromazina foi o controle biológico + cultural + químico com aplicações localizadas de ciromazina tópica. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Musca domestica, resistência a inseticidas, controle biológico, Spalangia endius,Muscidifurax raptor, aviário.ABSTRACT -The objectives of this study were to compare, from both biological and economic viewpoints, the impact of various control strategies and evaluate their effect on cyromazine-resistant Musca domestica L., and beneficial house fly pupal parasitoids on caged-layer farms (240,000 hens) in Argentina. The strategies evaluated were: chemical, chemical + cultural, and chemical + cultural + biological (integrated management). The products used were: cyromazine 1% and 50%, DDVP, azamethiphos with and without z-9-tricosene, lime, and the parasitoids Spalangia endius Walker and Muscidifurax raptor Girault & Sanders. In the absence of control measures, fly density increased quickly and the average parasitism rate was 12%. When only chemical control was used, fly populations were reduced to ca. 40/grid and parasitism averaged 2%. When topical cyromazine was used in conjunction with cultural control (lime), fly populations were reduced more rapidly than those treated with cyromazine 1% feed-through. With the subsequent use of parasitic wasps, high parasitism levels were observed and house flies were reduced to tolerance levels in the shortest time. From an economic and biological point of view, the best treatment for house flies resistant to cyromazine was biological + cultural + chemical with localized applications of topical cyromazine.

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Section: Parasitoid Releases Beginsupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

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Strategies for controlling house fly populations resistant to cyromazine

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Lecuona²,

Hogsette³

2002

Neotrop. Entomol.

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“…Parasitoids can be released by either scattering parasitized puparia in areas of known fly breeding (Rutz & Axtell 1981;Kaufman et al 2002Kaufman et al , 2012Skovgård 2004) or by placing them in release stations that protect them from damage and accidental removal (Geden et al 1992;Petersen et al 1995;Crespo et al 1998;Weinzierl & Jones 1998;Floate 2003;Skovgård & Nachman 2004;Geden & Hogsette 2006). Although release stations provide protection, scattering has the advantage of placing the parasitoids near the target fly puparia and mitigates concerns about the limited dispersal distances of some species (Tobin & Pitts 1999;Skovgård 2002;.…”

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Comparison of the Olfactory Preferences of Four of Filth Fly Pupal Parasitoid Species (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) for Hosts in Equine and Bovine Manure

Machtinger

Geden

2015

Environ Entomol

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“…Due to their adaptation to a parasitic mode of life, some families of insects of the order Hymenoptera have become a group of organisms best adapted to exploiting their hosts (Cônsoli & Vilson 2009) by providing rates of parasitism adequate for control of flies (Crespo et al 1998;Skovgard & Nachman 2004;Birkemoe et al 2009). Generally the success of parasitism depends on the genes transferred at oviposition or produced during the development of offspring (Penacchio & Strand 2006).…”

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