Ant queen mite terror - shortly after discovery

[ra2351]

Wie hat Ihre Ameise Königin bekommen Milbe?

[MrBeaste]

If you guys are talking about termites, well then this make may sense. For some reason ants and termites seem to attack each other for some reason. Nobody quite knows why

[cthulhu11111111]

i know why

[mrmp34]

@MrBeaste Because ants eat other bugs. ;)

[Repudation]

@mrmp34 Im talking about they are more aggresive to termites than any other bug. They even inflatrate their domains.

[Tintelol]

is she still alive?

[NuptialFlight]

yes, she was still alive last time I checked (some minutes ago)

[DanishnSonic]

why didn't the workers help her those workers should protect her

[NuptialFlight]

@DanishnSonic I guess they don't know what's wrong. Chances are even the queen doesn't realize what's going on, only that it is very difficult to bear. Since the mites wear her own smell, she might even "think" that they are some kind of offspring? I don't know.

[charringta]

ey how do queen ants get mites??

[nafaka12]

how did she get it?

[gyorihuni]

If i would be a queen with so many mites , i would rather die. Shes lucky that someone like you caught she.

[Tintelol]

poor mity

[artunesnstuff]

Very cool video sir. Outstanding footage.

[darezaa]

thats like if we got eaten by pirranas

[shadowwing14]

if only she had a colony they would have eaten them off her.

[antruler]

omg i feel so sorry for her

[antboy888]

omg poor thing

[gyorihuni]

poor thing? lol

[swilsonseal]

wtf thats creepy

[D35troy3r199]

How did they get in the test tube?

[whitelynx86]

Jezz..what happen to that Queen

are they her brood?

[NuptialFlight]

No, those are mites. Parasites. I didn't find them earlier, so they could grow to these hordes. Fortunately, I could free my ant queen "mity" from these little buggers.