[Syrphidae] Fluorescent dyes

[ximo mengual sanchis]

Dear all,

I do have a question for you all. Bashira Chowdhury, a student, asked me
the following:


Hi Dr. Mengual,
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> I had a quick question on syrphid larvae. It's presumed that syrphid
> larvae are largely sedentary, but there is some ambiguity present in the
> literature on this subject. As a part of my work this summer, I thought I
> could use fluorescent dyes to mark syrphid larvae and track their movements
> through flower patches. Do you think that the dyes could harm their
> development? Also would this make them more susceptible to predation?
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> Fluorescent dyes typically don't affect adult insects, but I wasn't sure
> about larval insects.
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> Bashira
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 Does any of you have ever used dyes with larvae? Any idea? You can cc
Bashira (bashira at uw.edu) with your answers.

Thanks!

Ximo


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