Heavy damage to the cattle industry in tropical Latin America by Dermatobia hominis (L., Jr.) furnished economic justification for research on the sterile-male approach to eradication of this species. A method of colonizing D. hominis by use of a natural host for rearing the larvae is described, along with techniques for collecting the full-grown larvae, holding the pupae and adults, inducing mating and oviposition in small cages, and infesting the hosts.
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