In a previous paper, we showed a new giant lens called the Mesolens and presented performance data and images from whole fixed and intact fluorescently-stained 12.5-day old mouse embryos. Here, we show that using the Mesolens we can image an entire Drosophila larva or adult fly in confocal epifluorescence and show subcellular detail in all tissues. By taking several hundreds of optical sections...

Drosophila melanogaster postfeeding larvae show food-averse migration toward food-free habitats before metamorphosis. This developmental switching from food attraction to aversion is regulated by a neuropeptide Y (NPY)-related brain signaling peptide. We used the fly larva model to delineate the neurobiological basis of age-restricted response to environmental stimuli. Here we provide evidence ...

In the past decade, a significant number of proteins involved in the developmental assembly and maturation of synapses have been identified. However, detailed knowledge of the molecular processes underlying developmental synapse assembly is still sparse. We have developed an approach that makes extended in vivo imaging of selected proteins in live Drosophila larvae feasible at a single-synapse ...

Myiasis is the infestation of vertebrate tissues with fly larvae (Diptera). Most human cases in North America are subcutaneous forms due to Dermatobia hominis imported from Central and South America. Human cases of myiasis acquired in North America are rare and are primarily subdermal or ophthalmologic forms of infestation caused by early stages of Cuterebra larvae. We report an unusual case of...

Digger wasps dig nest burrows in which they lay an egg. They cover the burrow entrance with pebbles, making it all but invisible, then fly off in search of insect prey. They sting their prey to paralyze it, carry it back to the burrow, open the burrow, drag the prey inside, exit the burrow and close it up again. The larva that hatches from the egg eats the paralyzed, still living prey. This asp...

In this observation a total of 140 schistosomula of schisto­soma mansoni and 36 schistosomula of schistosoma haematobium which were obtained from 36 Laboratory albino mice,each infec­ted with 1000 cercaria were studied.The animals were sacrificed in a certain intervals and the schistosomula from the skin, lung and liver were collected by special technique. The result of this study showed that t...

Molecular identification and life cycle of the Black Soldier Fly (BSF), Hermetia illucens were carried out from Bangladesh bio-geographical area. The sequencing result phylogenetic analysis BSF showed 99-100% similarity with H. GenBank. average duration male female 45.08±4.46d 46.15± 4.12d respectively. adult is 16.3±0.91mm long, whereas 14.30±0.19 mm long smaller than female. number eggs per c...

Insects have a great potential to be used as feedstocks for biodiesel production due their intrinsic high lipid contents. In particular, from black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) is promising because of its advantages in engineering aspects such rapid proliferation, more storage long-development time larva stage, self-separation organic waste. this study, was synthesized through (trans)esterificatio...

Drosophila melanogaster postfeeding larvae show food-averse migration toward food-free habitats before metamorphosis. This developmental switching from food attraction to aversion is regulated by a neuropeptide Y (NPY)-related brain signaling peptide. We used the fly larva model to delineate the neurobiological basis of age-restricted response to environmental stimuli. Here we provide evidence ...

The larva, pupa, male, and female of Simulium bifenestratum n. sp. are described and illustrated. The pupae of the new species have 10 gill filaments, thick at their base and arranged in a three-dimensional way, surrounding the head and thorax. Its pupal cocoon is peculiar, not found in any of the known Brazilian black-fly species; it is very thick and hard with two openings in the anterior reg...