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| Mr.Arkins provides us with the raw materials; plastic cups, rubber gloves, labels, tinfoil, rubber bands and of course, maggots. |
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| Maggots are the second stage of the fly's life-cycle, the larva stage. They can remain in this stage for 4-10 days |
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| It's now time for us to get stuck in! |
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| We put on our gloves and take maggots for our containers |
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| Some are braver than others...us, not the maggots! |
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| Once are maggots are collected.... |
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| ....we provide them with some food.... |
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| ...then we will cover them with tinfoil.. |
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| ...which we poke holes in to provide air... |
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| ...We label who they belong to and the date the experiment began... |
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| ....and then we will seal the tinfoil with a rubber band to make sure they can't escape. |
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| We leave them on the radiator next to the window (maggots like a nice warm environment)... |
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| ...and then we wait. We observe and record any changes every day as they gradually change to the next stage; Fly pupa. Keep an eye on the blog for updates |
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| Great News!! Just as we were about to give up.... |
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| ....we'd even written their obituaries in our science copies... |
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| ...after 23 days of an experiment! |
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| There was life!! There's no flies on us! Get it? No flies on...nevermind |
