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CONSIDERABLE diversity of opinion has been expressed regarding the stage in which hibernation of the ‘blow fly’, Lucilia sericata Meigen, takes place. Records are given variously as: (a) Mainly in the pupal, but also in the larval stage.1 (b) Both in pupal and larval.2 (c) In the larval stage.3
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HOLDAWAY, F., EVANS, A. Parasitism a Stimulus to Pupation: Alysia manducator in Relation to the Host Lucilia sericata. Nature 125, 598–599 (1930). https://doi.org/10.1038/125598a0
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