ARTHROPOD PROFILE ON POISONED AND PRESERVED CARRIONS.
EKRAKENE, T. AND ILOBA, B.N.
ABSTRACT
Arthropod invasion on poisoned and embalmed carrions of the African giant rat (Crycetomys gambianus) killed from phostoxin poison was monitored for a period of 30 days (November 13th-December 23rd 2009) with a view to establishing arthropod profile. A total of 18 species (distributed in 13 families, 6 orders and 2 classes of the phylum Arthropoda) were collected and identified. Occurrence of these species was independent of the killing and embalming agent. Species from the order Diptera were most
predominant, followed by the Coleoptera and the Hymenoptera. Members …