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SPECIMENS of dead soil-inhabiting insect larvae (Anomala sp. and Heteroligus sp.) and noctuid larvae were supplied to me or collected by me for microbial isolations. Larvae of Anomala and noctuids were collected from fields on Moor Plantation, Ibadan, while yam-beetle larvae (Heteroligus sp.) were collected around Benin and Onitsha. Anomala and Heteroligus lavae were either dead on being dug up in the field or died while under storage in moist soil in the laboratory. Stored larvae were adequately provided with food (for example, pieces of yam) and aeration.
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OKAFOR, N. Micro-organisms associated with Dead Insect Larvae in Nigeria. Nature 208, 1015–1016 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2081015a0
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