midge larvae (detailed anatomy)

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Mon May 27, 2013 1:28 pm

kriscavok · Post by **kriscavok** » Mon May 27, 2013 2:00 pm

Was lily pollen a dinner? I have prepared slide of lily pollen and it looks quite like.

Olympusman · Post by **Olympusman** » Tue May 28, 2013 8:53 am

Nice shots. Do you think those filaments in shot 7 are part of the nervous system? It appears the network originates in the area of the brain area. You're lucky the larva was kind enough to curl up so you could get almost all of it into the field of view with a 4X objective.
How did you narcotize it?

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Tue May 28, 2013 10:47 pm

Thank you.
It's probably the bloodstream, not fixed in any way preparations.
I used scaffolding with cover slips so as not to crush the larvae
Sorry for my english / google translator /

midge larvae (detailed anatomy)

midge larvae (detailed anatomy)

Midge larva