What are these?

[Stuart89]

Just checked on my useless FF cultures, just cant get the medium right but thats another story.

There are these little red slugs in there? What are they? and how did they get in the cup..? (its never open and has kitchen roll covering the top...)

 

[Morpheus uk]

LOL well that proves its not entirly useless, thats fruit flies pupa

 

[Stuart89]

Oh right... The culture that came with the fruit flies has white maggots and then brown pupae, but these things are moving in my own culture :blink:

 

[Morpheus uk]

What actually moving on there own?

 

[Stuart89]

yeh the head bits with the atennae are

 

[macro junkie]

if there moving god knows?look like slugs :lol:

 

[Ben.M]

Wow, their weird :blink:

 

[Rick]

Look like regular maggots only red.

 

[Ben.M]

LOL well that proves its not entirly useless, thats fruit flies pupa

I thought that at the start 2

 

[Morpheus uk]

They are 100% FF cacoons

 

[Stuart89]

Right Ill keep an eye on them and let you know what happens

 

[mrblue]

£5 says they gradually turn darker and then fruit flies will start coming out of them in a week or two. just a guess.

 

[hibiscusmile]

The hair on my head is standing straight up ! I don't even wanta know :blink:

 

[asdsdf]

My hair stands up on end normally. :lol:

Yep, it's pupae all right. When you have white substrate, and white paper towel, the pupae seem to be red or orange.

 

[Orin]

100% FF puparium. They have no means of locomotion.

 

[macro junkie]

He said the pupa are moving?i didnt know pupa move :huh:

 

[Ben.M]

They do when the maggot has just made it coz its soft at that time then it hardens

 

[Rob Byatt]

Hmmm.

They are without doubt pupae.

They are NOT cocoons !!!! Cocoons are protective cases made from silk by the larva PRIOR to pupation.

The magot is not wriggling whilst the pupae is hardening because the maggot IS the pupae

 

[Morpheus uk]

Well i was right just didnt say it right

BTW thx for that Rob good to know