Nutritional requirements for reproduction and survival in the blowfly Lucilia sericata.

Publisher: Published for the Royal Entomological Society of London by Blackwell Scientific Publications Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 8708682 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1365-2915 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 0269283X NLM ISO Abbreviation: Med Vet Entomol Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: Oxford ; Boston : Published for the Royal Entomological Society of London by Blackwell Scientific Publications, [c1987-

Nutritional Requirements*; Diptera/*physiology; Animal Feed/analysis ; Animals ; Diet ; Dietary Carbohydrates/administration & dosage ; Dietary Proteins/administration & dosage ; Female ; Sucrose/administration & dosage

Insects with access to finite energy resources must allocate these between maintenance and reproduction in a way that maximizes fitness. This will be influenced by a range of life-history characteristics and the environment in which any particular insect species lives. In the present study, females of the blowfly Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) were fed diets differing in protein and carbohydrate (sucrose) content and the allocation of lipid to reproduction was quantified using a spectrophotometric method of analysis. Immediately after adult emergence, total body lipid, scaled for differences in body size, showed an initial decline as it was utilized to meet the metabolic demands of cuticle deposition, muscle maturation and then flight. When flies were denied access to sucrose, stored lipid then continued to decrease until flies died, usually within 4 days of emergence. However, flies given access to sucrose were able to increase body lipid content, demonstrating that carbohydrate is essential for homeostasis and that it can be used to synthesize lipid. Nevertheless, female flies fed sucrose only were unable to synthesize egg yolk. Only flies provided with protein were able to mature eggs. However, the rate of egg maturation and number and size of eggs matured were greater for female flies given liver compared with flies provided with pure whey protein powder. The results demonstrate the importance of different dietary components for different elements of the life-history of L. sericata, namely survival and reproduction.
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Keywords: Blowfly; carbohydrate; lipid; protein; resource allocation

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Date Created: 20191218 Date Completed: 20201103 Latest Revision: 20201103

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