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Individual and Group Marking Methods for Fly-population Studies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

John MacLeod  and
Joseph Donnelly
John MacLeod
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture (Animal Health Division), Field Research Laboratory, Blackford, Carlisle.
Joseph Donnelly
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture (Animal Health Division), Field Research Laboratory, Blackford, Carlisle.
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Four different methods of marking insects are described in detail. Although they have been applied by the present authors only to the British Calliphorinae, they should be of value in ecological studies of mobile arthropods in general. These methods are: individual marking with paints, mass powdering with dyes, radioactive labelling with 32P, and a combination of the last two. A fifth method, in which the emerging fly labels itself with fluorescent dust, is briefly described. The circumstances affecting the choice of method are outlined.

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Original Articles
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 48 , Issue 3 , September 1957 , pp. 585 - 592
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1957

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