The Population Abundance Of Blow Flies Adults (Family: Calliphoridae) In Some Iraqi Governorates By Yellow Sticky Traps

Abstract

The aims of this study are to identify the adults of blow flies that attracted to the yellow sticky traps and the prevalence of these species in some Iraq governorates was studied. The results showed that Chrysomya albiceps (Wiedemann, 1819) was the most abundant species caught in all studying governorates, and highly existence among the studying species was 50.2% in Najaf, the lowest was 15.2% in Missan during November 2010; while Lucillia sericata (Meigen, 1826) the most abundant species, and highly existence was (44.1%) in Babylon, lowest was (0.2%) in Najaf during April 2011.