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On the control of Household Ants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

H. W. Thompson  and
L. R. Johnson
H. W. Thompson
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University, Leeds.
L. R. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Agriculture, University, Leeds.
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1. Methods of controlling ants invading houses are discussed.

2. Various methods have been tried, particularly against Monomorium pharaonis. The more general methods in use such as syrup baiting and the use of various insecticidal powders and sprays show at best a palliative effect and do not exterminate the pest. Destruction of the nest is effective where it can be carried out.

3. The use of a thallium sulphate-syrup as a poison bait devised by Popenoe has been tried with success against M. pharaonis and A. (Donisthorpea) niger. This inexpensive method is likely to prove useful in places where it is not practicable to find and destroy the nest, which invariably involves considerable structural alterations.

Type
Original Articles
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , September 1936 , pp. 393 - 397
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1936

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