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27 September 2022 The Effect of Different Heavy Metals on the Development of Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
Meltem Kökdener, Nevran Eylem Akman Gündüz, Ünal Zeybekoğlu, Umut Aykut, Ahmet Fazıl Yılmaz
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This study investigates the impacts of three different heavy metals at different concentrations on some life-history traits of Lucilia sericata (Meigen 1826) (Diptera: Calliphoridae). First-instar larvae of L. sericata were reared on a diet containing four concentrations (0.25, 0.50, 1, and 2 µg/g) of the heavy metals (cadmium, zinc copper). The parameters measured were larval and pupal mortality, larval length, adult, pupal, and larval weight, and development time. Larval and pupal survival decreased as heavy metal concentrations increased. Pupal weight was significantly different among heavy metals andc oncentrations, but the adult weight was not significantly different among heavy metals and concentrations. The larval length was significantly different among concentrations and heavy metals. This study reveals that the presence of heavy metal in carrion or the carrion environment should be inconsidered when estimating the time of colonization in forensic investigations.

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Meltem Kökdener, Nevran Eylem Akman Gündüz, Ünal Zeybekoğlu, Umut Aykut, and Ahmet Fazıl Yılmaz "The Effect of Different Heavy Metals on the Development of Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae)," Journal of Medical Entomology 59(6), 1928-1935, (27 September 2022). https://doi.org/10.1093/jme/tjac134
Received: 25 August 2022; Published: 27 September 2022
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KEYWORDS
cadmium
copper
Heavy metal
postmortem interval
zinc
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