
%0 Journal Article
%A Smart, P 
%A Gilmour, D 
%T Population control in the Australian sheep blowfly, <I>Lucilia cuprina</I>, by the release of female-borne chemosterilant. I. Female to male transfer of chemosterilant during mating
%J Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
%D 1974/12/01
%V 25
%N 6
%P 995-1004
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/AR9740995
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AR9740995 
%X N,N'-tetramethylene-bis-(1-aziridinecarboxamide), applied topically, sterilized male and female Lucilia cuprina (Wiedemann) at a dose of 10 &#181;g per fly. Females tolerated 800 &#181;g per fly. A female 'booby-trapped' with 400 &#181;g of sterilant could transfer a sterilizing dose to a male during copulation. Booby-trapped females were sexually attractive and sterile males were as sexually vigorous as fertile males. The introduction of either booby-trapped females or sterilized males into cage populations caused a greater drop in fertility than expected, but the effect was probably due more to unspecific contact between flies than to mating contacts. 
