• Habibullah Rana

• Muhammad Farhanullah Khan

• Zubair Ahmed

• Noor-Un-Nisa

• Syeda Azra Tariq

• M. Fahim Akbar

• Asif Mahmood

• Khalid Mahmood

Abstract

An easy and trouble-free rearing scheme has been developed for reproduction of house flies. The rearing was carried out in the glass cages of 58 cm high, 76 cm long and 46 cm wide. The length wise sides of the cage were covered with glass sheets and the bottom of the cage was also made up of a glass sheet while, on one side, cage was equipped with a long sleeve made up of white muslin cloth which was used to fulfill the cleaning and feeding necessities. To study the feeding behavior of the insects on the opposite end of the muslin cloth a transparent glass was fitted to observe the activities of the adult and larvae of house flies. During the rearing phase a comparative study of rearing medium was also carried out. This technique was particularly supportive for the study of insect behavior. Rearing in the glass cages was so helpful to study the behavior of several flies at the same time. In the present work to study the feeding preferences visits of the house flies were counted carefully. Food comprised of 10 recipes having various compositions of ingredients was provided to batches (marked A to J).

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