Seasonal activity and bait preferences of the Argentine ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 201-212

  Rust, Michael K ^a   Reierson, Donald A ^a   Paine, Eileen ^a   Blum, Lisa J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b The Clorox Company   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentine ant; Baiting; Choice tests; Foraging activity; Iridomyrmex humilis; Linepithema humile; Seasonal activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038065484     PISSN: 15235475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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