A number of days ago, during our investigation of microscopic organisms, I walked into the lab and was overwhelmed with the stench of decay. Beakers full of dead tubifex worms. Oooh, nasty! We disposed of them in a pitcher outside and then pretty much forgot about it. When I finally remembered (many days and rainfalls later) I found it crawling with new life forms! Hundreds of them - all in various stages of development. Fascinating. They are now nicely evolving under controlled conditions in the lab. Let's see what happens.
Here's a
short clip on the life cycle of a mosquito
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| Microscopic view of larvae (180X) |
And..... think twice before you leave water laying out in Singapore!
Fine indeed.
