New insect imaging technique may help victims of sleeping sickness

Monday, July 11, 2016 - 11:31 in Biology & Nature

Researchers have employed near infrared still photographs and time-lapse video to observe the pupa of the living tsetse fly. The imaging technique may allow lab workers to identify male and female tsetse flies before they emerge as adults, which could make it easier to control them by using the Sterile Insect Technique.

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