HORTICULTURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Female blow flies typically lay their eggs on decaying meat, where maggots hatch within a few hours to a few days depending on species. These maggots undergo three stages within several days, after which they leave their food source and pupate in soil.

Detailed explanation-2: -Blowflies mainly lay eggs in daylight, although they have been known to do so in artificial light and temperature is the main factor in their growth and development (Campobasso et al., 2001). There is a temperature range which is optimum for blowfly larvae to develop and the range varies with each species.

Detailed explanation-3: -Their key finding, for both immature and adult blow flies, was that exposure to temperatures outside of the moderate range affected the flies’ ability to function and the longer the exposure, the greater the effect. The findings varied depending on the sex and life stage of the fly.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the pupa stage, the pupae live inside their own hardened last larval skin. After the pupa stage, the blowflies are adults that seek to mate. The adult feeds on protein from body fluids and lays eggs on a corpse, thus beginning the whole life cycle anew.