Re: [Killietalk] photo BBS

[Wright Huntley <whuntley at verizon_net>]

Joseph S. wrote:
> Maybe its because I've never seen them so close, but those look like
> they've molted already. The fresh hatched ones are almost squared off
> rather than enlongated.
Joseph is correct. Instar 1 nauplii are wider than they are long. Only 
after a molt are the bodies longer than the "wings." That is my main way 
for telling if a hatch is "over the hill" and not worth feeding.

Wright

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