UTTAR PRADESH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

ANTS AS BIO-CONTROL AGENTS OF UZI FLY, BLEPHARIPA ZEBINA WALKER (DIPTERA : TACHINIDAE) AN ENDOPARASITE OF OAK TASAR SILKWORM IN MANIPUR

M. VENKATACHALAPATHY *

ENTROMOLOGY LABORATORY, DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES, MANIPUR UNIVERSITY, IMPHAL-795003, INDIA.

B. PRASAD *

ENTROMOLOGY LABORATORY, DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES, MANIPUR UNIVERSITY, IMPHAL-795003, INDIA.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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Abstract

Ants have been observed to be important predators of uzi fly maggots and pupae and thus reducing the uzi fly population in the oak tasar farms and grainages Four species of such ants were recorded and have been identified for the first time from North-East India.

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