Darja Dobermann

Darja Dobermann

Harpenden, United Kingdom

Rothamsted Research and University of Nottingham

PhD Researcher

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Published on Jun 21, 2017

Teeny Tiny Caterpillars

**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...

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Published on Jun 08, 2017

All hands on deck

**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...

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Published on Jun 07, 2017

Meal Prep! Moth style...

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...

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Published on Jun 06, 2017

Moth Mayhem

**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...

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Published on May 25, 2017

Starting Field Work

**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...

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Published on May 03, 2017

Peaks and Troughs

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...

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Published on Apr 28, 2017

Action 2.0!

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...

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Published on Apr 28, 2017

Action!

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...

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Published on Apr 03, 2017

Moth House

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...

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Reply to:Denny LuanDenny Luan
Great questions! 1) What will he be used for now? Right now, his main purpose is to mate with one of the females which will hopefully(!) emerge in the next few days so that we can get a set of eggs and then caterpillars. Other then that he just gets to hang out and live his best moth life. 2) D...more
Reply to:Nicole SharpeNicole Sharpe
Amusingly enough you are not the first person to say that today! :)