Acid phosphatase activity in the hemolymph, hemocytes, fat body and salivary glands during larval and prepupal development in Calliphora erythrocephala (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Abstract 1. 1. The acid phosphatase activity is maximum in the hemocytes of Calliphora erythrocephala at the end of the 3rd larval instar. 2. 2. The decrease of activity in the hemocytes is concomitant with an increase in the other studied tissues. 3. 3. These results suggest a transit of the enzyme from the hemocytes to the larval tissues.