The Diet for Edible-Nest Swiftlets: Nutritional Composition and Cost of Life Stages of Loew (Diptera: Phoridae) Bred on 3 Commercial Breeding Materials.

(Loew) is one of the best-known diets for the swiftlet. Previous studies have addressed the problem of some mass rearing conditions for this insect; unfortunately, the details of the nutritional composition of the life stages and cost of the breeding materials were insufficiently reported, even though this information is crucial for farming the edible-nest swiftlet. We aimed to investigate the nutritional composition of the life stages of on a cost basis using 3 common commercial breeding materials: chicken pellets (CPs), fish pellets (FPs), and mouse pellets (MPs).

Substrate Moisture Affects the Development of Megaselia scalaris (Diptera: Phoridae): An Implication of the Growth Circumstances of the Fly in Forensic Entomology.

Megaselia scalaris (Loew) (Diptera: Phoridae) provides great evidential value in estimating the postmortem interval (PMI) compared with other dipterans due to its common occurrence on human corpses both indoors and in concealed environments. Studies have focused on the effect of temperature, larval diet, and photoperiod on the development of the species; however, knowledge of M. scalaris development at different moisture levels is insufficient.