Strategies for controlling Argentine ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with sprays and baits

Journal of Agricultural and Urban Entomology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 85-94

  Klotz, John H ^a   Rust, Michael K ^a   Costa, Heather S ^a   Reierson, Donald A ^a   Kido, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant baits; Argentine ants; Barrier sprays; Hymenoptera: Formicidae; Linepithema humile

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038893410     PISSN: 15235475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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