Cuticular lipids of adults and puparia of the Australian sheep blowfly Lucilia cuprina (Wied.)
The presence of a strong contact component in the sex and ovipositing behavior of the sheep blowfly Lucilia cuprina Wied.prompted an investigation into the chemical composition of the cuticular wax of the adult male and female flies as well as that of the blowfly puparia.Thin-layer chromatography indicated that the Evolution of the internal load an