Bait distribution among multiple colonies of pharaoh ants (hymenoptera: formicidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1247-1255

  Oi, David H ^a   Vail, Karen M ^a,b   Williams, David F ^a  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant control; Foraging; Hydramethylnon; Insect growth regulator; Monomorium pharaonis; Pyriproxyfen

Indexed keywords

COLORING AGENT;

ANIMAL; ANT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL; METHODOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTS; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; INSECT CONTROL;

EID: 0034244247     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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