Thread subject: Diptera.info :: Anthomyiidae. >Botanophila cf. fugax

Posted by paolo_biella on 23-02-2015 17:58
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javanerkelens wrote:
Don't forget......just do it slow and no hurry!
Maybe also useful is the way of pinning.....so I give you an example:

1 Stick a needle into the side and place the fly on to some soft foam

2 Place the second needle just above the end of the abdomen

3 Than wrench with another needle the surstylus upwards and place the needle just directly below the surstylus, so that the surstylus can’t turn down again.

Wait for several hours so the fly can dry and than you can remove the second and thirth needle.

Johanna


Dear Johanna, thanks for such instructions. Do you have any suggestion about how to extract females' genitalia?

cheers, Paolo