Darja Dobermann

**Posted by Darja on behalf of Charlotte as internet is proving tricky in Burkina Faso**The eggs have started to hatch into tiny larvae, which is exciting. Here, the caterpillars are known as ‘chit...

**Posted by Darja on behalf of Charlotte as internet is proving tricky in Burkina Faso**The trial in Burkina Faso involves a lot of work and we've hired a brilliant local farmer to be our technicia...

The cornerstone of our project is identifying an artificial, in the sense that it is not their host plant, feed source for the caterpillars to be reared on. There is absolutely no previous research...

**Published by Darja on behalf of Charlotte as internet is proving tricky in Burkina Faso**Last night was really quite surreal. More than once, the proverb "be careful what you wish for" came to mi...

**posted by Darja on behalf of Charlotte as internet is proving tricky in Burkina Faso**Hello!Here’s an update from the field. Well - from Ouagadougou :)The rains fell early in West Africa this yea...

It has been an exciting few days, with lots of highs and now a few lows. On Friday we saw our first moth emerge, who also needed some rescuing. Unfortunately, the next day we found him dead. This w...

Well, it has been a very exciting day indeed!Shortly after our last lab note, we became acutely aware that something wasn't quite right with how our moth was emerging. It was coming out tail end fi...

After a few weeks of holding our breath, realising that unfortunately a large number of our pupae were already dead, playing with minor temperature and light adjustments, and crossing our fingers w...

Hi everyone! I haven't written a lab note yet but figured it was about time to update from the lab side of the project. First of all, thank you a thousand times to everyone who has backed us, we ar...