Abstract
Extracts from post-vitellogenic ovaries of Musca domestiea, Aedes atropalpus and Drosphila melanogaster were examined for the ability to inhibit the vitellogenic phase of growth in newly emerged A. atropalpus and D. melanogaster adult females. All extracts were inhibitory in A. atropalpus. D. melanogaster females were less sensitive than A. atropalpus females, only showing inhibition at a two-fold greater concentration of M. domestiea extract. The titre of oostatic hormone in A. atropalpus ovaries correlated with the decline in ecdysteroid synthesis by these ovaries. A. atropalpus ovaries containing post-vitellogenic follicles were shown to inhibit ovarian ecdysteroid synthesis in vitro by vitellogenic ovaries of both A. atropalpus and D. melanogaster. D. melanogaster ovaries were not capable of eliciting such an inhibition in vitro, at least with the numbers of ovaries utilized in our experiments.
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