Mass occurrence of flies and seasonal changes in their species composition in the Tsunami disaster region after 2011 the Great East Japan Earthquake

Toshihiko HAYASHI; Haruna WATANABE; Mamoru WATANABE; Mutsuo KOBAYASHI

doi:10.7601/mez.63.85

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Mass occurrence of flies and seasonal changes in their species composition in the Tsunami disaster region after 2011 the Great East Japan Earthquake

Toshihiko HAYASHI, Haruna WATANABE, Mamoru WATANABE, Mutsuo KOBAYASHI

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Keywords: 2011 Tohoku earthquake, tsunami disaster region, flies, mass occurrence, species composition, Japan

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2012 Volume 63 Issue 1 Pages 85-89

DOI https://doi.org/10.7601/mez.63.85

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Abstract

We surveyed the flies in the tsunami disaster region after 2011 the Great East Japan Earthquake. Mass occurrence of flies were observed there, which mainly consist of Calliphora nigribarbis in early spring, Phormia regina in spring-summer and Musca domestica in summer. Of these, P. regina was the most abundant species, and emerged from dead fishes dispersed from destroyed marine product processing factories.

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