Formulation and evaluation of the efficacy of an artificial diet for two forensically-important flies

Authors

  • Rikta Khatun Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh
  • Md Golam Mostafa Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh
  • Md Enamul Haque Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh
  • Saadia Ahmad Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh
  • Tahmina Akter Department of Zoology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/aajbb.v3i2.64786

Keywords:

artificial diet, Lucilia sericata, Megaselia scalaris, temperature, developmental durations

Abstract

The forensically-important Dipteran flies, Lucilia sericata and Megaselia scalaris, complete their life-cycles in perishable, filthy, unhygienic and fowl-smelled natural diets, which  hinder the rearing work and the indoor environment of laboratory. To overcome this unhygienic condition, a newly formulated simple, comparatively more hygienic one was prepared and evaluated for the rearing of these two flies. This artificial diet, when compared to their natural diets for rearing at different temperatures, it demonstrated no significant difference for their developmental durations. Statistical analyses proved that the difference between the natural and formulated diet was not responsible for their developmental durations; rather their rearing temperatures played a significant role in this respect. Taken together, these findings showed that the newly formulated artificial diet might facilitate the hygienic and easy rearing of these flies for forensic and medical entomology as well as other research purposes in terms of nutrition, cost-effectiveness and availability of the ingredients of diets.

Asian Australas. J. Biosci. Biotechnol. 2018, 3 (2), 86-92

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2018-08-30

How to Cite

Khatun, R., Mostafa, M. G. ., Haque, M. E., Ahmad, S., & Akter, T. (2018). Formulation and evaluation of the efficacy of an artificial diet for two forensically-important flies. Asian-Australasian Journal of Bioscience and Biotechnology, 3(2), 86–92. https://doi.org/10.3329/aajbb.v3i2.64786

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