REAGENT or RESOURCE	SOURCE	IDENTIFIER
Chemicals, peptides, and recombinant proteins
BODIPY FL C16	Invitrogen	Cat#D3821; CAS: 158757-82-5
Bradford Reagent	Sigma-Aldrich	Cat#B6916
Chloroform	Sigma-Aldrich	Cat#650498; CAS: 67-66-3
Coomassie blue R 250	Fluka	Cat#27816; CAS: 6104-59-2
Cryoplast	Biopack	Cat#1204.05
DEAE-Trisacryl M	Sepracor	Cat#250771; CAS: 97930-01-3
DiI	Sigma-Aldrich	Cat#468495; CAS: 41085-99-8
Dithiothreitol	Millipore	Cat#10197777001; CAS: 3483-12-3
DMSO	Millipore	Cat#D2650; CAS: 67-68-5
Na2EDTA	Mallinckrodt	Cat#4931; CAS: 60-00-4
FluorSave Reagent	Millipore	Cat#345789
Formaldehyde	Sigma-Aldrich	Cat#F8775; CAS: 50-00-0
FITC	Sigma-Aldrich	Cat#F7250; CAS: 27072-45-3
Hydrochloric acid	Mallinckrodt	Cat#7647-01-0; CAS: 7647-01-0
Methanol	Sigma-Aldrich	Cat#34860; CAS: 67-56-1
NaCl	Millipore	Cat#116224; CAS: 7647-14-5
Potassium bromide	Mallinckrodt	Cat#0505; CAS: 7758-02-3
Monobasic potassium phosphate	Sigma-Aldrich	Cat#P5655; CAS: 7778-77-0
Protease inhibitor cocktail	Sigma	Cat#P2714-1BTL
Sepharose 6B	Sigma	Cat#6B-100
Sodium phosphate dibasic	Sigma-Aldrich	Cat#S9763; CAS 7558-79-4
Sucrose	Mallinckrodt	Cat#8360; CAS: 57-50-1
Tris	Bio Basic	Cat#TB0194; CAS: 126-72-7
Experimental models: Organisms/strains
Dipetalogaster maxima (vitellogenic females)	Supplied by CIBICI-CONICET-UNC (Argentina)	RRID:NCBITaxon_72496
Rhodnius prolixus (vitellogenic females)	Supplied by CIBICI-CONICET-UNC (Argentina)	RRID:NCBITaxon_13249
Panstrongylus megistus (vitellogenic females)	Supplied by CIBICI-CONICET-UNC (Argentina)	RRID:NCBITaxon_65343
Software and algorithms
Adobe Illustrator	Adobe Systems Incorporated	Released 2020. RRID:SCR_010279
Adobe PhotoShop	Adobe Systems Incorporated	Released 2021. RRID:SCR_014199
ImageJ (Fiji version)	Schindelin et al.13	https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/ RRID:SCR_002285
Other
Abbe refractometer	WYA	2WA-J
Amber glass vials	N/A	N/A
Amicon ultra centrifugal filter, 100 kDa MWCO	Millipore	Cat#UFC9100
Carbon steel edge blade	Treet	N/A
Chromatography column	Pharmacia Fine Chemicals	N/A
Clear nail polish	N/A	N/A
Corning PYREX Reusable Petri dishes	Fisher Scientific	Cat#08-747A
Cover glass 24 × 30 mm; thickness: 0.12 mm to 0.16 mm	Corning	Cat#2975-243
Cryostat	Thermo Scientific	Model: Shadow Cryotome E
Dressing tissue forceps	Merck	Cat#F4642
Metabolic shaking incubator	Vicking	Model: DUBNOFF
Extra fine Bonn scissors	FST	Cat#14084-08
Fiber optic low-noise illuminator	Cole-Parmer 9741-50	Model: 41510-00
Fraction collector	LKB BROMMA	Model: 2112 Redirac
Glass beads, acid-washed	Sigma	Cat#G1145
Hamilton syringe (Microliter #701)	Sigma-Aldrich	Cat#HAM80075
Gradient maker	Hoefer	Cat#10049309
Jewelers forceps, Dumont No. 5	Merck	Cat#F6521
Laser scanning confocal microscopy	Olympus	Model: FV1200
Magnetic Plate Stirrer	Dauerhaft	Model: Mag D-320 digital
Micro-ultracentrifuge tube	Beckman Coulter	Cat#343776
Micro-ultracentrifuge	Beckman Coulter	Model: Optima MAX-XP
Microscope slides	HDA	Cat#HDAS001
Positive charged microscope slides	HDA	Cat#HDAS001
Microtome blades	Feather	Cat#A35
Mini-PROTEAN 3 cell for polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) setup	Bio-Rad	Cat#165-3301
Nitrogen gas stream setup	N/A	N/A
Orbital shaker	Vicking	Model: M-23
Paper masking tape	N/A	N/A
PD-10 Desalting columns	Cytiva	Cat#GE17-0851-01
pH meter	Corning	Model: 430
PowerPac Basic Power Supply	Bio-Rad	Cat#164-5050
Spectrophotometer	Agilent	Model: BioTek Synergy HTX
Standard cellulose dialysis tubing	Fisher Scientific	Cat#0867139
Stereoscopic microscope	Schonfeld Optik microscope	Model: LBX
Tabletop centrifuge	Eppendorf	Model: 5810/5810R (EP022628168)
Ultracentrifuge tubes (standard polypropylene Quick-Seal tube)	Beckman Coulter	Cat#342414
Zeba Spin desalting columns and plates, 40K MWCO, 75 μL–10 mL	Thermo Scientific	Cat#A57756