Common Home Remedies Do Not Deter Argentine Ants, <i>Linepithema humile</i> (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), from a Preferred Harborage

In two laboratory trials, natural products, including freshly picked leaves from spearmint, rosemary, and tansy plants, a water extract from soybean plants, peels from a common cucumber, and 1% peppermint oil in hexane, were placed in a moist harborage preferred by Argentine ants, <i>Linepithe...

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Main Authors: Jacob B. Holloway, Daniel R. Suiter, Jerry W. Davis, Wayne A. Gardner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-10-01
Series:Insects
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/15/10/768