Post by Fernando on Jan 19, 2011 15:41:55 GMT -8
Please look a these pictures (click on them to see the larger version)
Note the underdevelopment of its "knobs" and the lack of the rear proleg. Also, its skin was so fragile that as soon as I grabbed it to take the picture, it ripped off and started to bleed (I euthanised it in the freezer). There was also another larva that had this same problem (small knobs, no rear proleg and fragile skin), but it died when it moulted to L5 (it ripped off itself in the process and bleed to death).
Could these malformations have something to do with the fact that these larvae were inbred? Anyway, fortunately most of the larvae are very healthy.
Note the underdevelopment of its "knobs" and the lack of the rear proleg. Also, its skin was so fragile that as soon as I grabbed it to take the picture, it ripped off and started to bleed (I euthanised it in the freezer). There was also another larva that had this same problem (small knobs, no rear proleg and fragile skin), but it died when it moulted to L5 (it ripped off itself in the process and bleed to death).
Could these malformations have something to do with the fact that these larvae were inbred? Anyway, fortunately most of the larvae are very healthy.
