All healthy larvae exhibiting normal behavior were recorded
as live. Dead larvae exhibiting gross signs of
nematode infection (color change or visible nematodes)
were recorded accordingly, but in cases in which suspected
scavenger nematodes were detected on or in the
cadaver, weevel larvae were placed in a disposable
petri dish (50 3 9 mm) on a moistened filter paper with
a greater wax moth larva (Galleria mellonella (L.)).
Since wax moth larvae are highly susceptible to nematode
parasitism (Kaya and Stock, 1997), they served
as indicators to verify nematode infection