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NEMATODA (roundworms)

Date: 30 April 2007
Location: Berks, England
Record Summary: Infected queen Buff-tailed Bumble Bee, found dying, on roadside pavement
Associated organism: in dying abdomen of Bombus terrestris
Identification Notes: Numerous nematodes and eggs in abdomen of queen Buff-tailed Bumble Bee (Bombus terrestris).

Was hoping this would be Sphaerularia bombi, but unable to find the enlarged female.

Images etc

magnified photograph Host abdomen - opened up - enlarged 482 by 500 pixels
magnified photograph Host abdomen - opened up - highly enlarged - close-up 500 by 333 pixels
microscope photograph Nematode - magnified 500 by 404 pixels
microscope photograph Nematode and egg egg - magnified 500 by 388 pixels
microscope photograph Nematode egg - near hatching - magnified 500 by 246 pixels
microscope photograph Nematodes and eggs - magnified 500 by 296 pixels
microscope photograph Nematodes and eggs - magnified 500 by 296 pixels

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