menu menu_open
Brasil
home Sumário navigate_before Anterior Atual Seguinte navigate_next
home Sumário
Comunicação Científica • Arq. Inst. Biol. 76 (4) • Oct-Nov 2009 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1808-1657v76p7552009 linkcopy

Open-access FOOD PREFERENCE OF THE URBAN ANT CAMPONOTUS VITTATUS FOREL (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE)

AuthorshipSCIMAGO INSTITUTIONS RANKINGS

    ABSTRACT

    For an adequate management program of urban ants, knowledge on their biology is required, with the aim of detecting and exploring their vulnerabilities. This type of information has been used in the manufacture of baits, which must show, among other characteristics, attractiveness to several species to be considered efficient and economically viable. Therefore, the present study was aimed to evaluate in the laboratory the attractiveness of sweet and fatty substances to Camponotus vittatus, trying to find which substances would be more efficient to be introduced as the attractive component in baits. Five colonies, 68 sweet substances and 23 fatty substances were utilized in the laboratory trials. The most attractive sweet and fatty substances, were, respectively, 75% demerara sugar and vegetable fat. When substances of both natures were tested together, sweet substances presented slightly higher attractive indexes than oily substances.

    KEY WORDS Insecta; Formicinae; carpenter ant; baits

    vertical_align_top file_download show_chart
    location_on
    Instituto Biológico Av. Conselheiro Rodrigues Alves, 1252 - Vila Mariana - São Paulo - SP, 04014-002 - São Paulo - SP - Brazil
    E-mail: arquivos@biologico.sp.gov.br
    rss_feed Acompanhe os números deste periódico no seu leitor de RSS
    Acessibilidade / Reportar erro