Megacephala-Tetracha. (Col.)

Lieut.-Col. Robert Knowles

College of Letters (COL)

COL104 Baroque Rome This interdisciplinary history seminar for first-year students focuses on Europe's most famous capital city between 1550 and 1650, a period when Rome was a symbol of religious zeal, artistic creativity, and intellectual repression. We will explore these contradictions and their impact on cultural innovation by taking a close look at daily life in early modern Rome and at the...

Protein Analysis of Chrysomya megacephala Maggot Meal

Sing, K.W., Sofian-Azirun, M. and Tayyab, S. 2012. Protein analysis of Chrysomya megacephala maggot meal. Animal Nutrition and Feed Technology, 12: 35-46. Protein content of Chysomya megacephala maggot meal extract was determined using different colorimetric methods such as biuret method, dye-binding method and Lowry method. Protein estimation was performed after dissolution of maggot powder in...

The predatory behavior of Pheidole megacephala.

We studied the foraging and predatory behaviors of the invasive African myrmicine ant, Pheidole megacephala (F.) in its native range. Workers can singly capture a wide range of insects, including relatively large prey items. For still larger prey, they recruit at short range those nestmates situated within reach of an alarm pheromone and together spread-eagle the insect. These behaviors are com...

Lieut.-Col. J. C. Robertson