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Image on left shows uninfected ant colony #41, the image on the right shows the same colony 6 weeks after inoculation with SINV-3. The virus infects the worker ants altering normal foraging behavior. Workers stop collecting food for the colony and brood dies as a result. The queen also stops producing eggs because she becomes malnourished. The result is a dead colony after about 8 to 12 weeks.
Photo by Steven Valles.
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