The effects of temperature on the development of the free-living stages of Dochmoides stenocephala (Railliet, 1884) have been studied using agar cultures. Development was obtained at as low a temperature as 7.5 °C. The optimum temperature for the free-living stages was considered to be 20 °C. The time of development of the larvae to the infective stage was inversely proportional to the ambient temperature between the limits of 7.5 °C and 27 °C.
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Gibbs et al. (1959) studied this question.