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Toxic bait for the control of Anoplolepis longipes (Jerdon) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Seychelles. III. Selection of toxicants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

I. H. Haines  and
J. B. Haines
I. H. Haines
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Mahë Seychelles.
J. B. Haines
Affiliation:
Ministry of Agriculture, Mahë Seychelles.
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Abstract

Attempts were made to find alternative, less persistent, toxicants to aldrin for use in baits against Anoplolepis longipes (Jerd.) in the Seychelles. More than twenty toxicants were tested (some in more than one formulation) for effectiveness as poisons and for repellency to ants at the concentrations used in baits. None was as effective as aldrin, but certain formulations of pirimiphos-ethyl, pirimiphos-methyl and mecarbam were promising because they gave good kill of ants in the laboratory and were of relatively low repellency and therefore acceptable in bait formulations.

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Original Articles
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 69 , Issue 2 , June 1979 , pp. 203 - 211
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1979

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