Evaluation of two hydramethylnon granular baits for control of Argentine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 201-207

  Klotz, John ^a   Greenberg, Les ^a   Venn, Gene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Water Division   (United States)

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