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1 June 2011 Seasonal Abundance of Stable Flies and Filth Fly Pupal Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) at Florida Equine Facilities
Jimmy B. Pitzer, Phillip E. Kaufman, Jerome A. Hogsette, Christopher J. Geden, Saundra H. Tenbroeck
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Abstract

Beginning in November 2007 and continuing until December 2009, weekly stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans (L.), surveillance was conducted at four equine facilities near Ocala, FL, by using alsynite sticky traps for adults and by searching immature developmental sites for pupae. Adult stable fly trap captures were highly variable throughout the year, ranging from 0 to 1,400 flies per trap per farm. The greatest adult stable fly activity was observed during the spring months of March and April, with weekly three-trap means of 121 and 136 flies per farm, respectively. The importance of cultural control measures was most apparent on the only farm with no reported insecticide use and the lowest stable fly trap captures, where an intense daily sanitation and composting program was conducted. A survey of on-site filth fly pupae revealed that 99.9% of all parasitoids recovered were Spalangia spp., consisting of Spalangia cameroni Perkins (56.5%), Spalangia nigroaenea Curtis (34.0%), Spalangia endius Walker (5.8%), and Spalangia nigra Latreille (3.7%). The implications of these findings are discussed.

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Jimmy B. Pitzer, Phillip E. Kaufman, Jerome A. Hogsette, Christopher J. Geden, and Saundra H. Tenbroeck "Seasonal Abundance of Stable Flies and Filth Fly Pupal Parasitoids (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) at Florida Equine Facilities," Journal of Economic Entomology 104(3), 1108-1115, (1 June 2011). https://doi.org/10.1603/EC10227
Received: 17 June 2010; Accepted: 1 February 2011; Published: 1 June 2011
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KEYWORDS
Musca domestica
Muscidifurax
population dynamics
Spalangia
Stomoxys calcitrans
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