Attractiveness of copperleaf-based bait to leaf-cutting ants Atratividade de iscas à base de acalifa para formigas cortadeiras

Attractiveness of copperleaf-based bait to leaf-cutting ants Atratividade de iscas à base de acalifa para formigas cortadeiras

Leaves of copperleaf (Acalypha spp.) are greatly accepted by leaf-cutting ants and therefore used to maintain colonies in the laboratory. In order to determine the attractive potential of granulated bait of Acalypha wilkesiana leaves versus citrus pulp, currently used in commercial baits, an evaluat...

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Main Authors: Nilson Satoru Nagamoto, Rafael Forti Barbieri, Luiz Carlos Forti, Sandra Regina de Sousa Cardoso, Sinara Maria Moreira, Juliane Floriano Santos Lopes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2011-06-01
Series:Ciência Rural
Subjects:
isca tóxica
Acalypha wilkesiana
Euphorbiaceae
Formicidae
saúva
toxic bait
leaf-cutting ant
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