LIST OF TABLES 



TABLE . PAGE 



1. Composition of basal diet for poultry feed trials 62 



2. Compounds utilized for fly and/or mite control 73 



3. Moisture levels(%) of manure samples from the tilling site 



and net change in moisture content {%) 87 



k. Fortified and unfortified diets used during the preliminary 



colonization studies with Ophyra aenescens larvae 32 



5. Combinations of larval and adult diets used during the four 

 preliminary colonization studies with Ophyra aenescens 53 



6. Summary of the four Ophyra aenescens adult longevity studies 

 including average adult life span and the length of the life 

 cycle from each study 3k 



7. The number of pupae, the per cent pupation, the numerical 

 and per cent emergence, and the larval viability of Ophyra 

 aenescens reared in fortified and unfortified larval diets.. 97 



8. Uneclosed pupal weights of Ophyra aenescens reared in forti- 

 fied and unfortified diets 99 



9. Emergence of adults of Ophyra aenescens when various numbers 

 of first-instar larvae were reared in the same volume of 



growth med ium 1 CO 



10. Daily temperatures of larval media as influenced by Ophyra 

 aenescens larvae over the 7 _ day larval development period... 102 



11. Experimental design of and the larval diet used in the 

 competition study involving larvae of Ophyra aenescens and 



1 a rvae of Musca domesiica 103 



12. Results of the competition study between Ophyra aenescens 



and Musea dcrnesiica. 1 Ok 



13. Experimental design of Ophyra aenescens predation study 1 06 



\k. Results of Ophyra aenescens predation study 1 08 



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