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Table 3 Numbers of healthy A. caligonosa and those naturally parasitized by P. dasypoda in March 2019 (n = 300)

From: Endo- or ecto-parasitism with the cluster fly, Pollenia dasypoda Portochisky (Diptera: Calliphoridae), based on the diameter of its host body, the earthworm Allolobophora caligonosa (Sav.)

Samples (n = 50)

1

2

3

4

5

6

Healthy

47

48

45

47

46

48

Parasitized

3

2

5

3

4

2

Parasitism % in samples

6

4

10

6

8

4

Total parasitism %

12.66 (38 parasitized earthworms out of 300 ones)