Rural Flies in the Urban Environment?

Authors

Gustave D. Thomas
Steven R. Skoda

Date of this Version

2-1993

Document Type

Article

Citation

Thomas, Gustave D. and Skoda, Steven R. (1993) Rural flies in the urban environment? (Research Bulletin No. 317)

Comments

ISSN 1042-2898

Proceedings of a symposium presented at the Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, December 1989, San Antonio, Texas

North Central Regional Research Publication No. 335

Abstract

Because metropolitan areas in the United States have been expanding at a dramatic rate, there has been direct competition between rural and urban interests for land. Also, market pressures often make it most profitable for meat producers to locate as close to urban centers as possible. A resultant growing interface between rural and urban centers, coupled with inadequate understanding of the people between the two centers, provides a potential for problems to develop. This book generally summarizes one area of contention - flies: few people tolerate flies in any setting anymore.