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VIRTUAL TOUR OF THE PHORID FLY FACILITY

The process of rearing phorid flies in the laboratory

   
Fire Ant Colony Dripping

1. The drip line

separating ants from soil

   
Fire ant formicary

2. The formicary

housing the fire ant colonies

   
Sieving fire ants

3. Sieving the ants

creating artificial size classes

   
Mass Attack phorid flies

4. The Mass Attack system

exposing ants to infection by flies

   
Rearing phorid fly Pupae 5. Rearing the fly pupae

 

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