Author/Authors :
Abu Tahir, Nurita Universiti Sains Malaysia - School of Biological Sciences - Medical Entomology Laboratory, Malaysia , Ahmad, Abu Hassan Universiti Sains Malaysia - School of Biological Sciences - Medical Entomology Laboratory, Malaysia , Hashim, Nur Aida Universiti Sains Malaysia - School of Biological Sciences - Medical Entomology Laboratory, Malaysia , Basari, Norasmah Universiti Sains Malaysia - School of Biological Sciences - Medical Entomology Laboratory, Malaysia , Md Rawi, Che Salmah Universiti Sains Malaysia - School of Biological Sciences - Medical Entomology Laboratory, Malaysia
Abstract :
Abstract: The seasonal abundance study of adult synanthropic flies in two selected food outlets was conducted from July 2003 to July 2004. The two urban locations were a cafeteria in the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) main campus and an adjacent restaurant. Four synanthropic flies were identified from both study sites and they were Musca domestica (house fly), Musca sorbens, Chrysomya megacephala and Lucilia cuprina. The off-campus restaurant had a significantly higher (p 0.05) fly abundance than the university cafeteria and the dominant fly species at both sites was the M. domestica. The highest fly abundance recorded at both sites was in April 2004. Total fly abundance was lowest in the university cafeteria and in the off-campus restaurant in March 2004 and October 2003 respectively.
