Development protracted and adults sterile when reared at 22oC; protracted even more but adults fertile when reared at 17oC. Sensitive to 29oC at all stages of development. Lethality in midpupal stage. Shift down prior to lethal phase improves survival.
l(1)E12 mapped to 35.4 by Tarasoff and Suzuki and to 15.1 by Voelker and Wisely. Could Voelker and Wisely have received a mislabeled stock of l(1)E7 (1-15.2) from Vancouver?