%0 Journal Article %J Journal of Invertebrate Pathology %D 1980 %T The Pathogenicity of Neoaplectana carpocapsae to Blackfly Larvae %A D. P. Molloy %A Gaugler, R. R. %A H. Jamnback %K biological control of blackflies %K Neoaplectana carpocapsae %K Simulium spp. %X

Laboratory assays indicated that infective-stage juveniles of Neoaplectana carpocapsae are highly pathogenic to Simulium spp. larvae. Instar susceptibility increased with larval size, with early instars being nonsusceptible. High rates of mortality (75 – 100%) were achieved in assays against late instars. These results indicate that N. carpocapsae may have potential value as a blackfly biocontrol agent.

%B Journal of Invertebrate Pathology %V 36 %P 302-306 %G eng %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022201180900397 %R 10.1016/0022-2011(80)90039-7