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| Boaretto,Maria Aparecida Castellani; Forti,Luiz Carlos; Lopes,Juliane Floriano Santos; Nagamoto,Nilson Satoru; Andrade,Ana Paula Protti de; Moreira,Aldenise Alves; Viana,Anselmo Eloy Silveira; Ramos,Vânia Maria. |
| Using of toxic baits made of dehydrated citric pulp to control grass-cutting ants can lead to unsatisfactory results because of the low attractiveness of the substrate to worker ants. This work aimed to identify attractive substances, with potential for incorporation in a matrix of granulated baits for grass-cutting ants, among several kinds of sugars and substances used in artificial sweeteners. Experiments were carried out in mature nests of Atta capiguara (Hym.: Formicidae) set in pasture. Studied substances were sucrose, fructose, soluble starch, raffinose, maltose, lactose, sorbose, cellobiose, arabinose, xylose, glucose, galactose, rhamnose, arabinose, melezitose, saccharine and cyclamate (at 5.0% w/v). Later, on maltose, xylose, sucrose, fructose... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Attini; Myrmicinae; Grass-cutting ants; Bait. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162003000300014 |
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| Nagamoto,Nilson Satoru; Barbieri,Rafael Forti; Forti,Luiz Carlos; Cardoso,Sandra Regina de Sousa; Moreira,Sinara Maria; Lopes,Juliane Floriano Santos. |
| 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 evaluation was performed, by using the leaf-cutting ant Atta sexdens rubropilosa as model. The handmade non-toxic baits contained powder (90% w/w) of either citrus pulp or A. wilkesiana were offered simultaneously in the foraging arena until the total loading of one of them. Results showed that copperleaf baits are less attractive than the citrus ones, which invalidates the viability of the substitution. |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Toxic bait; Acalypha wilkesiana; Euphorbiaceae; Formicidae; Leaf-cutting ant. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782011000600002 |
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