(Phys.org) —Two British research teams have begun using micro-CT scanners to watch butterfly pupae develop into butterflies while still alive inside their chrysalis shells. The first team did so as a ...
No one in the history of studying insects had ever observed fly pupae without first physically breaking their shells. That was until last month, when researchers at the IAEA and the Food and ...
Focus: detailing the features of blowfly pupae at different stages of development to provide a reliable tool for forensic entomology We use micro-CT scanning to image in detail the features of blowfly ...