Figure 1
Example of an infographic provided to the students explaining how to offer food to adult flies.
Figure 2
Cages for adult flies designed and built by the four student teams. (a) Isis District State High School, (b) Roma State College, (c) Thuringowa State High School, and (d) Nanango State High School.
Figure 3
Feeding stations offered to adult flies for liquid foods (either water or honey water). (a) Isis District State High School and (b) Nanango State High School.
Figure 4
Construction overview for the maggot rearing setup designed and trialled by Isis students. Inside the outer container (a, b) a smaller container held meat diet for maggots to eat. The sand substrate (c) in the outer container supports pupariation of maggots once they have finished feeding. The lid construction (d, e) prevents maggots from escaping while permitting air exchange.
Figure 5
Low-cost clean bench constructions to provide an aseptic environment for disinfection of medicinal maggots in compromised healthcare settings. (a) Isis District State High School, (b) Roma State College, (c) Thuringowa State High School, and (d) Nanango State High School.
Figure 6
Fly egg disinfection process and quality control steps performed by Isis. Images illustrate (a) the separation of eggs that are usually stuck together as an egg mass, (b) disinfection of eggs with sodium hypochlorite solution, (c) washing of eggs prior to inoculation on chicken egg yolk, (d) incubation of sterility test samples in an incubator, and (e) results of testing after 48 hours of incubation at 32–37°C. Only Sample 3 (far right) exhibited signs of contamination. Image (f) shows successfully reared young maggots from disinfected eggs.