So someone else's S. molesta queens have mites with them. What can be done to get rid of them? There are only queens and eggs.
Edited by DDD101DDD, November 15 2020 - 8:06 PM.
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Mites with Solenopsis molesta queens.
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Posted November 15 2020 - 8:04 PM
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Posted November 15 2020 - 8:10 PM
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Yes. And it looks like that they recently got in. So there is few
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Posted November 15 2020 - 10:11 PM
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You can try rehousing the queens.
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Posted November 16 2020 - 1:23 PM
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This is a predatory or phoretic mite, not a threat to the ants.
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Posted November 16 2020 - 4:51 PM
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Posted November 16 2020 - 5:21 PM
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Predatory mesostig. A helpful buddy rather than a pest.
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