6 winged fly?

[Asa]

I got a fruit fly culture, and after a couple generations, I just noticed, there was a six winged fly! Anybody else have this?

 

[Rick]

No but I have found that flightless flies can regain the ability to fly after many generations.

 

[Asa]

Be kind of awkward to fly with six wings, when you're that small! :lol:

It looks so weird! I don't think I'll feed it to my mantid. To many wings to throw away.

 

[Ben.M]

've had 1 with 1 wing

 

[Asa]

It's in my collection drawer now

 

[randyardvark]

piccies?

 

[Asa]

Wish I could, but uploading these pics are beyond me.

 

[OGIGA]

Woo, maybe you should keep it and breed from it!!! If it can't fly, then you can sell 6-winged flightless flies. :wink:

 

[Asa]

I did, but it's son/daughter has only three wings.

 

[OGIGA]

I did, but it's son/daughter has only three wings.

Oh, keep going. It may be a recessive trait. Keep going until you have mostly 6-winged flies. By the way, can they fly?

 

[Asa]

What do you think? :lol:

No, they can't. The genetically 'mutated' wings don't have the proper muscles to function. I'll keep on trying, but they don't get out of their pupa very well, 2 out of 3 of them failed to struggle out.

 

[colddigger]

cut them out, or are you not very careful? by cut i mean to pull and peel...

[SIZE=8pt]hammer time [/SIZE]

 

[Asa]

New generation! Some have 5, others 6, one even 8!

 

[OGIGA]

Awesome. I think I want to buy some from you later............

 

[Asa]

It would just be for viewing purposes if you did. They are pretty useless for the mantids, as they die very very quickly with all those wings. They are usually dead within an hour. :shock:

Come to think of it, that would make it impossible to ship. :evil:

 

[Ian]

Nice mutated breeding project! It is a shame you can't get any photos, would be great to see em...

 

[Asa]

Just imagine a fruit fly with six wings :wink:

The culture is dying out.

 

[colddigger]

well, just get some new genes in the pool, mix it up a bit

and add them to a newer,cleaner culture

 

[Asa]

Yeah, it's not working. They just come out with less and less wings each time.