Thread subject: Diptera.info :: rearing: wing fails to unfold

Posted by Louis Boumans on 25-07-2004 20:28
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When I try to rear flies from larvae, pupae or leaf mines, it sometimes happens that a newly emerged fly fails to unfold one or both of its wings. Does anyone know what causes this anomaly? Or, even better, how this can be prevented?
Cheers, Louis