Camponotus penn queen dead - white worms in test tube

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FandangoGhandi
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Camponotus penn queen dead - white worms in test tube

Post: # 36458Post FandangoGhandi
Mon May 28, 2018 7:31 pm

First time keeper, we caught 3 Camponatus Penn. queens and got them into test tubes. 2 with wings, which they tore off within a day. One of those two died in the last 3 days, and tiny white worms seem to be coming from her body. (5-10 in number, about 2mm long)

Is this something we should be concerned about for the other two queens?

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Re: Camponotus penn queen dead - white worms in test tube

Post: # 36502Post antnest8
Tue May 29, 2018 5:04 pm

their is nothing you can do about those maggots. For the other queens i would not worry to much because it is pretty rare for this to happen for camponotus (first time i heard about this).
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