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Ant control is difficult in systems even where a variety of control strategies and compounds are allowed; in sensitive places such as hospitals, where there are often restrictions on the methods and toxicants to be applied, the challenge is even greater. Here we report the methods and results of how we faced this challenge of controlling ants in a pediatric hospital using baits. Our strategy was based on identifying the species present and analyzing their behavior. On the one hand, we evaluated outdoors in the green areas of the hospital, the relative abundance of ant genera, their food preferences and the behavioral dominances. On the other hand, control treatments were performed using separately two boron compounds added to sucrose solution which was not highly concentrated to avoid constrains due to the viscosity. Most of the species in the food preference test accepted sugary food; only one species was recorded to visit it less than the protein foods. This result was consistent with the efficacy of control treatments by sugary baits within the rooms. For species that showed good acceptance of sugar solutions in the preference test outdoors, sugar bait control indoors was 100& effective. Conversely, for the only species that foraged significantly less on sugar food, the bait treatment was ineffective. This work reveals the importance of considering the behavior and feeding preferences of the species to be controlled by toxic baits. © 2014 Josens et al.; licensee Springer.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Knowing the enemy: Ant behavior and control in a pediatric hospital of Buenos Aires
Autor:Josens, R.; Sola, F.J.; Marchisio, N.; Di Renzo, M.A.; Giacometti, A.
Filiación:Grupo de Estudio de Insectos Sociales, IFIBYNE-CONICET, DBBE, Universidad de Buenos Aires Pabellón II, Ciudad Universitaria (C1428EHA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Palabras clave:Ant; Baits; Chemical control; Food preferences; Nylanderia fulva
Año:2014
Volumen:3
Número:1
Página de inicio:1
Página de fin:13
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-229
Título revista:SpringerPlus
Título revista abreviado:SpringerPlus
ISSN:21931801
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_21931801_v3_n1_p1_Josens

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Josens, R., Sola, F.J., Marchisio, N., Di Renzo, M.A. & Giacometti, A. (2014) . Knowing the enemy: Ant behavior and control in a pediatric hospital of Buenos Aires. SpringerPlus, 3(1), 1-13.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-229
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Josens, R., Sola, F.J., Marchisio, N., Di Renzo, M.A., Giacometti, A. "Knowing the enemy: Ant behavior and control in a pediatric hospital of Buenos Aires" . SpringerPlus 3, no. 1 (2014) : 1-13.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-229
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Josens, R., Sola, F.J., Marchisio, N., Di Renzo, M.A., Giacometti, A. "Knowing the enemy: Ant behavior and control in a pediatric hospital of Buenos Aires" . SpringerPlus, vol. 3, no. 1, 2014, pp. 1-13.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-229
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Josens, R., Sola, F.J., Marchisio, N., Di Renzo, M.A., Giacometti, A. Knowing the enemy: Ant behavior and control in a pediatric hospital of Buenos Aires. SpringerPlus. 2014;3(1):1-13.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2193-1801-3-229