Need info and help

General discussions about ants

Moderator: ooper01

Post Reply
MEVplayz
Posts: 2
Joined: Mon May 06, 2019 3:31 pm
Location: New York

Need info and help

Post: # 58610Post MEVplayz
Thu May 23, 2019 4:26 pm

Hi! recently I've captured a Black ant queen and put her in a test tube. 2-3 days later she started ripping out the cotton and after researching on the net, Was told that it was maybe due to stress so I've put in a darker environment with no interaction for her to calm down. Checking on her 3 days later to find her dead. I didnt clean out the test tube and left on my desk to do it later but now (2 days after the discovery of her death) it seems like her back exploded and about15-25 werid thin white looking maggot seemed to have come out from those. What's happening? are those ants? Should I purge the tube? Please help.

AntsDakota
Posts: 1283
Joined: Sat Mar 17, 2018 4:22 pm
Location: South Dakota

Re: Need info and help

Post: # 58611Post AntsDakota
Thu May 23, 2019 4:33 pm

MEVplayz wrote:
Thu May 23, 2019 4:26 pm
Hi! recently I've captured a Black ant queen and put her in a test tube. 2-3 days later she started ripping out the cotton and after researching on the net, Was told that it was maybe due to stress so I've put in a darker environment with no interaction for her to calm down. Checking on her 3 days later to find her dead. I didnt clean out the test tube and left on my desk to do it later but now (2 days after the discovery of her death) it seems like her back exploded and about15-25 werid thin white looking maggot seemed to have come out from those. What's happening? are those ants? Should I purge the tube? Please help.

These worms are parasites. You should throw away the test tube.
"God made every kind of wild beasts and every kind of livestock and every kind of creeping things;" (including ants) "and God saw that it was good." Genesis 1:25

JoeHostile1
Posts: 409
Joined: Wed Aug 15, 2018 6:51 am
Location: Canada
Contact:

Re: Need info and help

Post: # 58638Post JoeHostile1
Fri May 24, 2019 9:20 am

I would keep them and see what they turn into.
Keeping:
Tetramorium immigrans * Lasius Neoniger * Lasius Claviger * Messor Aciculatus * Myrmica Rubra * Camponotus Novaeboracensis * Camponotus Turkastanus * Pheidole Pallidula

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSfFtn6RegZ3F1NdS1g08NA

Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 0 guests