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VSI - Model IR-604 -Insect Pupae Sex Separator

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While several genetic and transgenic approaches have been developed that permit male-female separation for some species, separation based on sexual size dimorphism continue to be a useful technique in the laboratory and in small to medium mass rearing settings for elimination of females. Application of the IR-604 device to separate other insect species and development stages (e.g. pupae, larvae) is feasible if the individuals can be i) in an aqueous solution, and ii) hold an explicit size-dimorphism.
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The size-based pupae sex separator system IR-604 is a versatile tool for entomologists working in mass rearing or research facilities. Our model is based on the classical larval-pupal separator (narrowing glass plates, Fay-Morlan glass plate separator) but with a more convenient and efficient entering and washing/collection mechanism and three evels of separation - allowing in particular the more accurate fractionation of populations holding some overlap between the sizes of sexes (e.g. small females and large males). See pdf document below for details/specifications of VSI IR-604 Pupae Sex Separator and a brief manual.