From owner-drosophila@net.bio.net Fri Nov 18 22:00:00 1994 Newsgroups: bionet.drosophila Path: biosci!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!gatech!swrinde!pipex!sunsite.doc.ic.ac.uk!dcs.gla.ac.uk!udcf.gla.ac.uk!j-dow.molbio.gla.ac.uk!user From: GBAA02@udcf.gla.ac.uk (Julian Dow) Subject: Re: Keeping lab Drosophila out of the lab cafeteria Message-ID: Followup-To: bionet.drosophila Sender: news@udcf.glasgow.ac.uk (News) Organization: Glasgow Uni References: <9411181425.AA04668@sjubiol.stjohns.edu> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 1994 17:20:25 GMT Lines: 20 In article <9411181425.AA04668@sjubiol.stjohns.edu>, rick@sjubiol.stjohns.edu (Richard Lockshin) wrote: > actually, we try to control errant Drosophila by taking Erlenmeyer flasks > filled with some Drosophila food (or the occasional banana skin), leaving > them open for a few hours, attracting a bunch of flies, and then capping > the flask and sticking it in the freezer. It isn't perfect, but it keeps > the wandering population down. We use an inexpensive UV bug killer of the type sold for domestic/garden applications. I worried that the spacing of the HT wires would be too wide, but the satisfying crack I hear a few times a day assures me otherwise. Incidentally, as these flies EXPLODE, don't set up PCRs nearby... We still have a small population of wandering flies, but when I saw what we had in the tray at the base of the lamp last time it was cleaned out, I think it has a significant impact. Of course, I may be selecting for a UV-blind mutation... -- - Julian Dow .