Tuesday, December 11, 2007
D0353

Fire ant alarm pheromone: Bait enhancement and parasitoid attractant

Yasmin J. Cardoza, yasmin_cardoza@ncsu.edu, North Carolina State University, Entomology, 2315 Gardner Hall, Campus Box 7613, Raleigh, NC, Catherine A. Preston, catherine.a.preston@aphis.usda.gov, USDA-APHIS-BRS, 4700 River Road, Unit 147, Riverdale, MD, and Robert K. Vander Meer, bobvm@ufl.edu, USDA-ARS-CMAVE, P. O. Box 14565, Gainesville, FL.



Species 1: Hymenoptera Formicidae Solenopsis invicta (red imported fire ant)
Species 2: Diptera Phoridae Pseudacteon tricuspis (fire ant decapitating fly)