Weird growth on ant head
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Weird growth on ant head
One of my ants has something weird on her head. I had something like this happen yesterday to another ant on her antennae and mouth. But this one is in a way worse condition. I took three videos of the last ant and three pictures of the first ant.
Now I was wondering what it was and how I could prevent it from spreading to the rest of my ants.
https://lasiusnigerants.blogspot.com/2019/06/blog-post.html
Now I was wondering what it was and how I could prevent it from spreading to the rest of my ants.
https://lasiusnigerants.blogspot.com/2019/06/blog-post.html
owns 1 Lasius Niger colony since 2016.
Re: Weird growth on ant head
Scary if its a queen bad luck looks like those are mites f thats a worker get all the other ants that dont have it and qurantine them away from those guys to avoid the growth
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Re: Weird growth on ant head
Those look like mites? It looked like a blob of goo to me.
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Tetramorium immigrans * Lasius Neoniger * Lasius Claviger * Messor Aciculatus * Myrmica Rubra * Camponotus Novaeboracensis * Camponotus Turkastanus * Pheidole Pallidula
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSfFtn6RegZ3F1NdS1g08NA
Tetramorium immigrans * Lasius Neoniger * Lasius Claviger * Messor Aciculatus * Myrmica Rubra * Camponotus Novaeboracensis * Camponotus Turkastanus * Pheidole Pallidula
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSfFtn6RegZ3F1NdS1g08NA
Re: Weird growth on ant head
After the ants died the "blob of goo" stayed in place. Wouldn't mites leave the ant after it died?
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Re: Weird growth on ant head
Looks like some fungus to me (try googling pandora formicae)
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Re: Weird growth on ant head
If I remember correctly, pandora sp. are transmitted through aphids. Unless you have aphids, or plants that have come in contact with aphids in your setup, or have even been feeding your ants predators that eat aphids (ex. ladybug nymphs), I doubt it's a pandora sp. But I definitely agree on it being some type of fungus.
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Yep, I didn't mean that it was pandora specifically. It's just one fungus I'm familiar with and it looks similar in the pictures.TheRealAntMan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 4:29 pmIf I remember correctly, pandora sp. are transmitted through aphids. Unless you have aphids, or plants that have come in contact with aphids in your setup, or have even been feeding your ants predators that eat aphids (ex. ladybug nymphs), I doubt it's a pandora sp. But I definitely agree on it being some type of fungus.
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I did introduce aphids and a branch from a rosebush a couple days before. My ants didn't milk the aphids and where trying to eat them so I removed the bush the day after, there where only two casualties with the growth that I could spot with my ***** eye. So it probably is Pandora sp. hope it didn't spread further than those two.TheRealAntMan wrote: ↑Wed Jun 05, 2019 4:29 pmIf I remember correctly, pandora sp. are transmitted through aphids. Unless you have aphids, or plants that have come in contact with aphids in your setup, or have even been feeding your ants predators that eat aphids (ex. ladybug nymphs), I doubt it's a pandora sp. But I definitely agree on it being some type of fungus.
Thanks for helping me out!
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