Materials
Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
1 oz. translucent plastic souffle cups | WebstaurantStore | 301100PC | |
2 oz. translucent polystyrene souffle cups | WebstaurantStore | 760P200N | |
3 mL plastic pipettors | Cornin | 357524 | |
50 mL conical tubes | Any brand | ||
64 oz. white double poly-coated paper food cup | WebstaurantStore | 999SOUP64WB | for mosquito enclosement |
65 mm lens | Canon | MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro Photo | Canon Macro Photo MP-E 65mm, 7D-65mm-1X; zoom=1, 200, 6.3, ISO=100; for photographing wings or egg papers, although other cameras are likely sufficient |
Aedes aegypti mosquitoes | BEI | multiple strains as eggs are available | |
Artifical membrane feeders | https://lillieglassblowers.com/ | Meduim membrane feeder, Custom made, 33mm | Chemglass also offers, but sizes are wrong for us. Ours are about 3 cm? |
ATP | MP Biomedical | ICN15026605 | Any good quality ATP, 10mM filter sterile aliquots at -20 |
Autoclave | for sterilizing water for hatching | ||
Canon EOS 7D camera | Canon | 3814B004 | for photographing wings or egg papers, although other cameras are likely sufficient |
defibrinated sheep blood | Colorado Serum Co. | 60 ml, every 2 weeks | https://colorado-serum-com.3dcartstores.com/sheep-defibrinated |
Dual Gooseneck Microscope Illuminator | Dolan Jenner Fiber-Lite 180 | 181-1 System | |
Ethanol | |||
Forceps | Dumont | 5SF | |
Gauze | omnisorb ii | 4" non-woven sponges | |
glass microscope slide | Fisher Scientific | 12-544-2 | |
Glass Petri dishes, 100 × 15 mm | VWR | 75845-546 | for anesthesizing/manipulating mosquitoes on ice |
Hogs' gut | Any Deli | we buy in bulk, split, wash and store in small aliquots of ~4X12" at -20 in 50 ml conical | |
Ice | |||
Ice bucket | |||
Kimwipe | Fisher Scientific | 06-666A | |
Leica GZ4 StereoZoom microscope | for screening transgenic mosquitoes (if applicable) | ||
Paintbrush | AIT synthetic brush | size 10-0 | for manipulating larvae/pupae (Amazon) |
Panty hose | Walmart | L'eggs Everyday | Women's Nylon Plus Knee Highs Sheer Toe, 16 pairs (plus fits the carton) |
Pencils | Any brand | ||
Plastic containers for 2° storage of cartons | Walmart | Sterilite 58 Qt Storage Box Clear Base White Lid Set of 8 | |
Plastic containers for growing larvae | Walmart | Sterilite 28 Qt. Storage Box Plastic, White, Set of 10 | |
Plastic containers for hatching larvae | Walmart | Sterilite 6 Qt. Storage Box Plastic, White | |
polypropylene clear deli containers | WebstaurantStore | 127DM12BULK | 12 oz, or 16 oz if needed for bigger (127RD16BULK) |
Rubber bands | Office Max | #100736/#909606 /#3777415 | 12", #64 and #10 |
Rubber stopper | VWR | 217-0515 | for mosquito enclosement |
Sugar source, such as sugar cubes or raisins | |||
Tetramin flake food | Tetramin | 16106 | |
tpsDig | Stony Brook Morphometrics | A free morphometric image-processing software distributed online available at https://www.sbmorphometrics.org/ | |
tpsUtil | Stony Brook Morphometrics | A free morphometric image-processing software distributed online available at https://www.sbmorphometrics.org/ | |
White organza fabric 8” × 8” | FabricWholesale.com | 4491676 | Joann Casa Collection Organza Fabric by Casa Collection |
Whitman Grade 1 Qualitative Filter paper | Whitman | 1001-824 | for egg papers. The white color makes it easier to see the black eggs. |
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