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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>not sure whether this message
from Ximo got through, so I am repeating it:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Dear all,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>I
do have a question for you all. Bashira Chowdhury, a student, asked me the
following:<span style='color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='color:blue'>Hi Dr. Mengual, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='color:blue'>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?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='color:blue'>Fluorescent dyes typically don't affect adult insects, but I
wasn't sure about larval insects. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span
style='color:blue'>Bashira</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Does any of you have ever used
dyes with larvae? Any idea? You can cc Bashira (<a href="mailto:bashira@uw.edu">bashira@uw.edu</a>)
with your answers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Ximo<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Dr
Francis Gilbert<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Professor
of Ecology, School of Biology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>University
Park, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>Tel:
+44 (0) 115 951 3215<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> <u><span
style='color:#0070C0'>ecology.nottingham.ac.uk<o:p></o:p></span></u></span></p>
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