3 eyed mutant

I have been incubating eggs of Warramaba virgo, a morabine grasshopper, and I found an embryo with three eyes! It got me so excited I ran around the lab with a big grin looking for someone to tell before realising I was alone... You can see the three eyes (marked with red arrows) in the …

An introduction to my clone army

Have you ever wanted an army of clones? I never really have, but I have one now! Meet Warramaba virgo, one of my study species and a species that only reproduces by a type of parthenogenesis called thelytoky: where virgin females produce female-only offspring without fertilisation. I've just added a page about them under the …