Oral toxicity of abamectin, boric acid, fipronil, and hydramethylnon to laboratory colonies of argentine ants (hymenoptera: formicidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 858-864

  Hooper Bui, Linda M ^a,b   Rust, Michael K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Bait; Insecticides; Linepithema humile; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ABAMECTIN; BORIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FIPRONIL; INSECTICIDE; IVERMECTIN; PYRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; PYRIMIDINONE DERIVATIVE; TETRAHYDRO 5,5 DIMETHYL 2(1H) PYRIMIDINONE [3 [4 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL] 1 [2 [4 (TRIFLUOROMETHYL)PHENYL]VINYL]ALLYLIDENE]HYDRAZONE;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANTS; ARGENTINA; BORIC ACIDS; INSECTICIDES; IVERMECTIN; PYRAZOLES; PYRIMIDINONES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034200306     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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