Description
Material provided: Whole Stomoxys or extracts (dissection is not available)
Unit definition: 200 Stomoxys
Vector information
Family: Muscidae
Genus: Stomoxys
Species: Stomoxys calcitrans
Strain Name: USDA
Production protocol
Rearing rooms maintained at 26°C ± 1°C and 16:8 light:dark cycle. Adults are fed using defibrinated horse blood on cotton wool in a disposable weigh boat. Eggs are hatched onto a mixture of fly larval medium (5S6Z from IPS Ltd), powdered grass meal and water (1:1:2 ratio). Larvae reared at approximately 600 larvae per litre of larval meal. Adults collected and killed within 2 days of emergence.
Product options
Please specify in your request:
Sample size: For larger sample sizes, request more units.
Form of material:
- Whole Culicoides fixed in 70% ethanol: useful for DNA extraction, not useful for RNA experiments or proteomics.
- Whole Culicoides shipped as live insects (mixed sex or selected).
- Other formats or preparations may be possible by request, contact us.
For more information, please contact us.