A method for mass-rearing Onthophagus gazella (F.), an Afro-Asian dung-beetle useful in suppression of dung-breeding Diptera and in recycling of manure on pastures, is described. The developmental period (egg to adult) averaged 29.8 days and average total production of progeny was ca. 90 per female.
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