Today we assembled a bucket to store our pupa to maintain a constant temperature of 24/25C and humidity of ~60%. We hope that this will reduce the amount it takes for the pupa to mature and for the adult to emerge.
Our contraption consists of a large cardboard box with our black bucket (that we place our pupa in), a heater, a thermometer and an air lift that we took from the chamber. We placed it inside of the classroom (in the Admin building) at UBC Farm.
We now keep a spray bottle with apple cider vinegar next to the pod. We think it's working because we've seen female adults check out the pod every day. By checking out the pod, I mean the female fly sits on the outside of the pod for an extended period of time, usually more than ten or fifteen minutes.
We also added more compost to the pod, hoping that it will attract more females and we will get some EGGS!
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