Resumen

BURALLI, Geraldo Magela  y  GUIMARAES, José Henrique. Controle de Musca domestica Linnaeus (Diptera, Muscidae) em área de manejo de vinhaça (Macatuba, São Paulo, Brasil). Rev. Bras. Zool. [online]. 1985, vol.3, n.1, pp. 1-6. ISSN 0101-8175.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0101-81751985000100001.

Refuse from sugar and alcohol industries is rich in organic matter, offering an ideal breeding ground for house-flies. This pest breeds in countless numbers in such substrate, causing severe outbreaks in several counties of the State of São Paulo, Brazil. To control the nuisance, the formula: borax (Na₂B₄O₇) and slaked lime (Ca(OH)₂) solutions of 3.18% and 0.35%, respectively, were applied at the channels carrying the waste waters from the alcohol refinery at intervals of 10-15 days. With this method, a very satisfactory control of house-fly populations was obtained at Macatuba, São Paulo, Brazil, between July 1981 and April 1982.