Controlling argentine ants in residential settings (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Sociobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 579-588

  Klotz, John H ^a   Rust, Michael K ^a   Field, Herb C ^b   Greenberg, Les ^a   Kupfer, Ken ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Lloyd Pest Control   (United States)

^c KM AntPro LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Ant baits; Ant control; Argentine ants; Insecticide spray

Indexed keywords

FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; LINEPITHEMA HUMILE;

EID: 44149090310     PISSN: 03616525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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