Preliminary study in artificial rearing of Chinese citrus fruit fly, Bactrocera minax (Enderlein)
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Larval rearing Larval development usually take five months in the field. The early hatched young larvae are fragile so we kept them to grow inside fruits for about 15 days. Then larvae were transferred to artificial diets. Mature larvae drill out diet and pupate in moist sands (Fig. 4). We used several diet formulations recommended from other fruit flies rearing. Evaluation was carried out based on two parameters: larval developmental duration, and pupal recovery. Young larvae grow well inside different varieties of citrus fruits (Fig. 5).
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