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Developmental Time, Mortality and Weight of Immature FIeshfIy Bercaea cruentata (Diptera: Sarcophagidae) Larvae Exposed to Mercury
The total developmental time of the fleshfly, Bercaea cruentata (Meigen) reared on ground beef media treated with mercuric chloride solution (Hg concentrations of 0, 100, 200, 300, 400 and 500 ug/g dry ground beef), from first-instar larvae to adult was 20.5, 20.5, 20.9, 20.9, 20.9 and 21.1 days and 20.3, 20.3, 20.7, 2 …