Thread subject: Diptera.info :: unknown fly pupa with anal hooks

Posted by atylotus on 16-03-2012 09:21
#5

no chance in rearing it, most pupa don't react that well to ethanol:(
In most cases we/I get preserved material for identification. Only If I collect it myself during sorting, it has a chance of survival. Our team (private company) processes over 600 aquatic invertebrate samples a year, so there isn't much time (and money) for rearing. In the past I have reared some Ceratopogonidae en Ephydridae, but I'm not keen on adults and there isn't time:@