What else I found in my flower pot – wriggling insect larvae?
Jun 07, 2016 • 8:09 AM UTC
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Manu Prakash
I am a faculty at Stanford and run the Prakash Lab at Department of Bioengineering at Stanford University. Foldscope community is at the heart of our Frugal Science movement - and I can not tell you how proud I am of this community and grassroots movement. Find our work here: http://prakashlab.stanford.edu
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I found another stranger in the flower pot I had described before. It crawls around on leaves and is quiet large. What I noticed is a “deep red” digestive track and two tracheal tubes running down the center. I was intrigued and decided to Foldscope it.
Now, what I am surprised with is the fact that it seems to have a siphon (similar to what mosquitoes have); but has no clear appendages/body segments (appearing as if it’s a worm of some kind). I am throughly puzzled and would love to ID this. I am also waiting to see if it metamorphosis into a pupae of any kind.
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Manu
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