Impact of red imported fire ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) predation on horn flies (Diptera: Muscidae) in a cattle pasture treated with pro-drone
| Autor: | L. A. Lemke, J. B. Kissam |
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| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
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geography
geography.geographical_feature_category Ecology biology Ants Terpenes Foraging Muscidae General Medicine Hymenoptera biology.organism_classification Pasture Red imported fire ant Predation Haematobia irritans Animal science Insect Science Insect growth regulator Animals Cattle Growth Substances Pest Control Biological |
| Zdroj: | Journal of economic entomology. 81(3) |
| ISSN: | 0022-0493 |
| Popis: | Pro-Drone (1-(8-methoxy-4,8-dimethylnonyl)-4(1-methylethyl)benzene), an insect growth regulator, was applied monthly to a 7-ha pasture in South Carolina from April to December 1984 and again from April to September 1985. Foraging red imported fire ant (RIFA), Solenopsis invicta Buren, populations decreased in the treated field from an average of 186 RIFAs per bait station in April 1984 to 11 RIFAs per station in June 1984. In the untreated field, foraging RIFA populations increased from 186 per station in April 1984 to 226 per station in June 1984. During the remainder of 1984 and through October 1985, the average number of RIFAs per bait station never exceeded 10 in the treated field, while in the untreated pasture RIFAs were significantly greater. The number of adult horn flies, Haematobia irritans (L.), emerging from manure piles in the treated pasture was55%greater than the number that emerged from piles in the RIFA infested field. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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