So I received a package today, containing a WC female S. s. dehaani and a few other things. Upon opening the package I found the dehaani dead, while the others (a pair of S. morsitans and an Oligoxystre sling) looked fine. And upon closer inspection, I noticed largeish, 5-8mm maggots crawling all over the dehaani and inside the container. Upon even closer inspection, I found tiny worms, which are almost certainly nematodes, everywhere, all over the inside surface of the container.
They sure do resemble these nematodes:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/DanRead/Microphotography/Ssubspinipesdehaaninematode3.jpg
And on the outside of the container I noticed some very strange white lumps:
Fungus? But they seem to resemble these:
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/tyrelp/photography/hadrurus_arizonensis_nematode_infection-5.jpg
I have only one question...what kind of wretched luck is this (I have had like...8 cases of possible nematodes and dyskinetic syndrome afflicting my collection within a year)?
They sure do resemble these nematodes:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y247/DanRead/Microphotography/Ssubspinipesdehaaninematode3.jpg
And on the outside of the container I noticed some very strange white lumps:
Fungus? But they seem to resemble these:
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/tyrelp/photography/hadrurus_arizonensis_nematode_infection-5.jpg
I have only one question...what kind of wretched luck is this (I have had like...8 cases of possible nematodes and dyskinetic syndrome afflicting my collection within a year)?