
%0 Journal Article
%A Ettershank, G 
%A Macdonnell, I 
%A Croft, R 
%T The Accumulation of Age Pigment by the Fleshfly, Sarcophaga Bullata Parker (Diptera: Sarcophagidae).
%J Australian Journal of Zoology
%D 1983/04/01
%V 31
%N 2
%P 131-138
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/ZO9830131
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/ZO9830131 
%X A technique is described for extracting, characterizing and quantifying the age pigment lipofuscin in the fleshfly Sarcophaga bullata. Accumulation of this pigment in the larvae is a linear function of time, some is disposed of at the pupal stage, then linear-function accumulation resumes in adults. Assay of this pigment may yield a technique for aging insects if it can be applied to field populations. 
