Thermal resistance of common house fly (Musca domestica L.) found in Batac Public Market, Batac, Ilocos Norte

Issue Date

10-2017

Abstract

Common houseflies have a widespread distribution in which humans and other terrestrial animals live. They made parasitic in a sense as well as vectors of diseases. At optimum conditions, they have a high rate of survival. Thus, this study aimed to gather first-hand information about the thermal resistance of the common houseflies found in the public market at extreme temperature. It initially sought to give answers to what maximum temperature can houseflies withstand; the time or duration that can survive, and some morphological responses to temperature changes. Houseflies were collected in public market with insect net and placed in a container ready for treatment. There were five treatments, namely: the sunlight with 40˚C temperature; open flame with various temperatures such as 45˚C; 50˚C; 55˚C. Houseflies can tolerate the heat of the sun rays with 2 hours duration; some flies died at 45˚C with 30 minutes duration and most of the flies died with exposure to 50˚C about 3-5 minutes. Their exposure to this temperature cracked their antennae into pieces, their wings discolored, the thorax and abdomen divided into two but their pro-mid-hind legs remained in contact to the sternum. This study provided necessary initial data or references to future studies of houseflies at elevated temperatures such as diversity, ecology and evolution.

Source or Periodical Title

The Philippine Entomologist

ISSN

0048-3753

Volume

31

Issue

2

Page

178-179

Document Type

Article

Frequency

semi-annually

Language

English

En – AGROVOC descriptors

MUSCA DOMESTICA; INSECTA; PESTS; TEMPERATURE RESISTANCE; HEAT TOLERANCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONTROL; PEST CONTROL

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