Effect of Weather on Infestation of Buildings by the Invasive Argentine Ant, Linepithema humile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

DEBORAH M. GORDON; LINCOLN MOSES; MEIRA FALKOVITZ-HALPERN; EMILIA H. WONG

doi:10.1674/0003-0031(2001)146[0321:EOWOIO]2.0.CO;2

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DEBORAH M. GORDON,^1,* LINCOLN MOSES,² MEIRA FALKOVITZ-HALPERN,³ EMILIA H. WONG⁴

¹aDepartment of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford California 94305-5020
²bDepartment of Statistics, Stanford University, Stanford California 94305
³cPediatric Infectious Diseases, Stanford Medical School, Stanford California 94305
⁴dDepartment of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford California 94305-5020

^*Corresponding author: FAX (650) 724 7073; gordon@ants.stanford.edu

Abstract

Weekly reports of the abundance of the Argentine ant, Linepithema humile, in 69 households for 18 mo (1/98–7/99) in the San Francisco Bay Area in northern California were compared with weather data. Ant abundance inside homes was highest in cold rainy weather, and there was a second smaller peak of ant abundance in hot dry weather. Pesticide use in the home decreased ant abundance, from one week to the next, only when ant abundance was extremely high.

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DEBORAH M. GORDON, LINCOLN MOSES, MEIRA FALKOVITZ-HALPERN, and EMILIA H. WONG "Effect of Weather on Infestation of Buildings by the Invasive Argentine Ant, Linepithema humile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)," The American Midland Naturalist 146(2), 321-328, (1 October 2001). https://doi.org/10.1674/0003-0031(2001)146[0321:EOWOIO]2.0.CO;2

Received: 13 December 2000; Accepted: 1 May 2001; Published: 1 October 2001

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