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Several workers (Brookes and Fraenkel 1958, Chang and Wang 1958, House and Barlow 1958) have reported synthetic diets for rearing house fly larvae aseptically. However, the flies were much smaller than the CSMA (Chemical Specialties Manufacturers Association) controls.
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