103 



Table 11. Experimental design of and the larval diet used in the compe- 

 tition study involving larvae of Ophura aenescens and larvae 

 of Musca domestica. 



Treatment No. Treatment 



1 15 0. aenescens larvae 



2 15 M. domestica larvae 



3 15C. aenescens larvae + 15 M. domestica larvae 

 k 15 0. aenescens larvae + 30 M. domestica larvae 



5 30 M. domestica larvae 



6 15 0. aenescens larvae + k5 M. domestica larvae 



7 h5 M. domestica larvae 



TM 

 Larval Diet: 400 ml CSMA 



100 ml horn fly dry mix 



275 ml water 



ca. 700 ml medium 



Represents the number of larvae per replication with four 

 replications per treatment. 



First-instar larvae of both species were used in the trial. 



C 960g wheat flour, 720g fish meal, 120g Na 2 C0 3 , ^OOg alfalfa meal 

 (Greer, 1975). 



