I decided to keep the larva given to us in our first class meeting. Since attaining it, it has definitely slowed down its movements. Now, the organism happens to be quite sluggish and barely moves around the container. One of my roommates decided to poke a couple of small holes into the container. The larva appears to be thicker and now remains in a constant ‘balled up’ position, where it curls into itself, with the anterior and posterior ends in contact. Interestingly, the organism has moved the food in the container all to the center. The colors of the larva remain the same as last Friday and it retains approximately the same body length. The appearance of the true legs and spots have not changed visually. Seeing as how the organism has become much slower in these past six days, I would imagine pupating is imminent.
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