Observation of Larvae

Some form of larvae was provided for observation. The size was longer in length and wider in diameter then other provided larvae. It had a bilateral structure, with a body shape that the middle part of the body being wider the head and tail. It had a shape of an ellipse. The larvae had a segmented body with two red dots on each side and a light line crossing through the segment horizontally. The color of the body was creamy white, the head was dark red, and the very tip of the head and the tail was black. Counting the head as the first segment, the second, third and fourth segment had a larger red paired foot that kept on moving as it was trying to sense something on the wall. The larvae moved in a wave-like motion with the front part of the body first stretching out then the hind part of the body following it to bring back the length to normal. The back part of the body, the sixth and seventh segment had smaller paired feet compared to the frontal feet, which seemed to only function for walking. The fifth, ninth, and the tenth segment did not exhibit any feet. There was a long black line that ran through the top of the head to the tip of the tail and on the sixth segment, there was a black spot on the skin. For the behavior aspect, the larvae did not show curiosity to the food inside of the container. It only showed concern to the wall. It did not walk the middle of the container, but stayed on the outer side of it. The larvae also did not show any distraction when the lid of the container was hit few times to make sound, nor when the container was moved around. It kept on walking along the side. However, when the container was flipped, the larvae had a shock, in which it stopped moving for few seconds. After time, the larvae started to roll around to adjust its orientation, then started to move in the wave-like motion again.