Hydrocarbons were the major lipid class extracted by hexane from the vitelline membrane surface of dechorionated eggs of the house fly, Musca domestica, the New World screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax, the secondary screwworm, Cochliomyia macellaria, the green bottle fly, Phaenicia sericata, the sheep blow fly, Lucilia cuprina and the Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha ludens. The length of time th...

This paper presents complete mitochondrial genomes for the sheep blowfly, Lucilia sericata (Meigen), and the secondary blowfly, Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius). Both L. sericata and C. megacephala had standard dipteran-type mitochondrial genome architectures and lengths of 15 945 bp and 15 831 bp, respectively. Additionally, C. megacephala possessed a tRNA duplication either side of the D-loo...

Knowledge on the taxonomic diversity and distribution of blowflies from the Madeira Archipelago is updated. New and interesting findings are reported for poorly studied islands and islets of this archipelago, together with a brief analysis of the diversity of Macaronesian Calliphoridae s. l. Seven blowfly species were collected during this study, including the first records of Calliphora vicina...

In Europe 15,000 patients receive larval therapy for wound treatment annually. Over the past few years, clinical studies have demonstrated the success of larvae of Lucilia sericata as debridement agents. This is based on a combination of physical andbiochemical actions. Laboratory investigations have advanced our understanding of the biochemical mechanisms underlying the beneficial effects of l...

myiasis is the invasion of body tissues of humans and animals by the larvae of the diptera or two-winged flies. there are only sporadic reports in the literature concerning human ear myiasis. a 62-year-old bedridden woman in an intensive care unit was examined because of her intense swollen and erythematous right ear. physical examination revealed 80 live larvae (maggots) in the posterior part ...

Bu çalışma dört farklı bitkiden elde edilen uçucu yağların Lucilia sericata’ nın (Meigen, 1826) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) bazı biyolojik parameteleri üzerindeki etkilerini araştırmak üzere yapılmıştır. Araştırmada Mentha piperita L. (Lamiaceae), Piper nigrum (Piperaceae), Eugenia caryophyllata (Caryophyllaceae), Oleum pinus sp. yağlarının 6 konsantrasyonu (%100, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20) sericata larv...

Synchronisation is often observed in the swimming of flagellated cells, either for multiple appendages on same organism or between flagella nearby cells. Beating cilia are also seen to synchronise their dynamics. In 1951, Taylor showed that in-phase beating co-swimming spermatozoa was consistent with minimisation energy dissipated surrounding fluid. Here we revisit Taylor's hypothesis three mod...

introduction wound myiasis is one of the common types of myiasis that demonstrates obligatory parasitic behavior. case presentation a 62-year-old homeless man presented with an abnormally growing and ruptured neck mass containing worms. he had wound myiasis caused by the larva of lucilia sericata in his previously punctured neck. discussion lucilia sericata can cause both facultative and obliga...