Attractiveness of copperleaf-based bait to leaf-cutting ants

Ciência Rural

Nilson Satoru Nagamoto²  Rafael Forti Barbieri¹  Luiz Carlos Forti²  Sandra Regina De Sousa Cardoso²  Sinara Maria Moreira²  Juliane Floriano Santos Lopes¹ 

[1] ,Universidade Estadual Paulista Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas Departamento de Produção VegetalBotucatu SP ,Brasil

关键词: toxic bait;    Acalypha wilkesiana;    Euphorbiaceae;    Formicidae;    leaf-cutting ant;    isca tóxica;    Acalypha wilkesiana;    Euphorbiaceae;    Formicidae;    saúva;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0103-84782011005000070

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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.

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