A Surprisingly Non-attractiveness of Commercial Poison Baits to Newly Established Population of White-Footed Ant, Technomyrmex brunneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in a Remote Island of Japan

A Surprisingly Non-attractiveness of Commercial Poison Baits to Newly Established Population of White-Footed Ant, Technomyrmex brunneus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in a Remote Island of Japan

The white-footed ant, Technomyrmex brunneus, was newly introduced and established in a remote island of Japan and has caused unacceptable damage to the daily life of residents. To establish proper control measures, the present study investigated whether T. brunneus is effectively attracted to comme...

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Main Authors: Mamoru Terayama, Eiriki Sunamura, Ryota Fujimaki, Takashi Ono, Katsuyuki Eguchi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana 2021-03-01
Series:Sociobiology
Subjects:
invasive ant
house pest
control
food preference
poison bait
Online Access:http://periodicos.uefs.br/index.php/sociobiology/article/view/5898

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