Cricket mass-rearing and sorting
Our research focuses on adult crickets during a specific period of adulthood (from days zero to five). That means we have to rear a huge number of crickets, so we have enough individuals to work with. Every day, I go through each of these aquariums to identify all of the newly molted adults, which I transfer to a separate, labeled container. Sorting through this many aquariums can take between an hour and 90 minutes every day.
Cricket mass-rearing and sorting
Our research focuses on adult crickets during a specific period of adulthood (from days zero to five). That means we have to rear a huge number of crickets, so we have enough individuals to work with. Every day, I go through each of these aquariums to identify all of the newly molted adults, which I transfer to a separate, labeled container. Sorting through this many aquariums can take between an hour and 90 minutes every day.