Methods And Systems For Sorting And Imaging Insects

A sorting system capable of dispensing insect eggs into a multi-well plate, wherein the sorting system comprises:

• a flow channel configured to deliver insect eggs from the sorting system to the multi-well plate;
• an illumination source configured to illuminate insect eggs within the flow channel;
• an optical detector, wherein the optical detector is configured to measure time of flight or optical density of a respective insect egg when the illumination source illuminates said insect egg within the flow channel;
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• a processor, wherein the processor is communicatively coupled to the optical detector and configured to determine insect eggs that are likely to hatch based on the measured time of flight or optical density of the insect eggs that are delivered to the multi-well plate.