Simon Cole
Member
Sorry I have been away for a while.
Complete chaos over the whole pandemic thing. I ended up in a very cold house in north Wales, and today it looks like Siberia. I cannot even make a cup of tea because it is even too cold to make one. I promise to get back to my messages and you, my friends, eventually.
The good news is that I thought that I might just try another culture of these worms, in ultra low temperatures and a high flow rate. 100% rain water.
I put some hazel leaves in the bottom and added the usual broccoli. That was a several months ago.
I have just seen what appears to be a very clear cluster of white oval eggs on the leaf litter. I am astounded.
There is still a chance that they could be a mold or fungi, but I suspect we might just have done it.
I am going to take the eggs down to Dr Alison Cameron at Bangor University for confirmation if I get a hatch.
So cross every finger and every bone. This might just be the biggest discovery of my life, and one that could put UKAPS on the map (although we all love it).
I do not have a high resolution camera, and the other option would be to freeze a sample, or possibly formaldehyde.
I do not mean to raise everyone's hopes, but the clustering looks like classic egg deposits and is orientated towards the light.
Complete chaos over the whole pandemic thing. I ended up in a very cold house in north Wales, and today it looks like Siberia. I cannot even make a cup of tea because it is even too cold to make one. I promise to get back to my messages and you, my friends, eventually.
The good news is that I thought that I might just try another culture of these worms, in ultra low temperatures and a high flow rate. 100% rain water.
I put some hazel leaves in the bottom and added the usual broccoli. That was a several months ago.
I have just seen what appears to be a very clear cluster of white oval eggs on the leaf litter. I am astounded.
There is still a chance that they could be a mold or fungi, but I suspect we might just have done it.
I am going to take the eggs down to Dr Alison Cameron at Bangor University for confirmation if I get a hatch.
So cross every finger and every bone. This might just be the biggest discovery of my life, and one that could put UKAPS on the map (although we all love it).
I do not have a high resolution camera, and the other option would be to freeze a sample, or possibly formaldehyde.
I do not mean to raise everyone's hopes, but the clustering looks like classic egg deposits and is orientated towards the light.
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