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[Kaelwizard]

For any of you who have read my most recent journal posts you would know that what may be a disease has ravaged some of my queens and colonies. The ants curl up and start pulsating. Any ideas as to what this could be?

Edited by Kaelwizard, July 27 2019 - 7:02 AM.

[Oddyseous]

link to original post?

[Kaelwizard]

I will get it later but it is Kael’s Ant Journal

[Kaelwizard]

I don't even think it kills them. The Formica queen is still moving almost a day after curling up.

[Amazant]

This happened to me as well with a queen and five workers with tons of brood. First they were doing fine then the queen ate lots of her brood and then every day she moved less and less then finally she rolled over and started pulsating for about two days while the workers were surrounding her cleaning her then she died, her workers were perfectly fine though which is very strange to me how they lived while she died without any of the affects wearing off on them.

[gcsnelling]

And this sort of thing is the reason captive colonies should never be released, no matter how healthy they may seem.