Formica aerata

Formica • Formicidae • Hymenoptera • other insect groups • insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

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Author(s): April Nobile
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Formica aerata (Francoeur) - (native gray ant)

This species of ants disrupts the parasitism of scale insects.

Publications covering Formica aerata

Environmental Entomology (1993) 22, 920-924
Harry H. Shorey, Lyle K. Gaston, Roland G. Gerber, Curtis B. Sisk and David L. Wood (1993)
Disruption of foraging by Formica aerata (Hymenoptera: Formiicidae) through the use of semiochemicals and related chemicals

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