Physiological studies on the house Fly musca domestica vicina muscidae, diptera

الملخص EN

The total and dry body weight of larvae treated with the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis at LC30 (1.32%) was significantly decreased at different time intervals under investigation (6, 12, 24, and 48 hr) post-treatment.

The body water content was decreased significantly at 6 hr post-treatment, while it was highly significant at the three other treatments.

Also hem lymph volume was significantly decreased.

A significant increase in hem lymph density was observed only at 12 hr post treatment.

The mean of the total hemolytic count in the treated larvae at all inspected time was highly significantly increased, also there was a marked variation in the hemolytic percentage of untreated and treated larvae of M.

domestic at time intervals.