01586nas a2200145   4500008004000000245011400040210006900154260002100223300001100244490000700255520110200262100001101364700001701375856004801392       0                           engd00aArea-wide management of the invasive garden ant Lasius neglectus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in northeast Spain0 aAreawide management of the invasive garden ant Lasius neglectus   c2005 (Apr. 2004)  a99-1120 v213 a*[One invading population of Lasius neglectus occupies 14 ha, located in northeast Spain has been managed with a large-scale insecticide treatment, with the aim of reducing its damaging effects in houses & on human well-beings.  During the spring & summer periods of 2001-2002, 45 households were treated.  Some non-urbanized, seminatural infested areas were also treated to avoid the pest expansion.  The treatment plan was intended to attack 3 key aspects of the ants as well as directly killing the ants: 1) killing/destroying ant food sources, 2) limiting access to the ant's food sources, & 3) impeding access to the interior of houses.  The pest control treatment involved a combination of canopy fogging, tree trunk spraying, a house perimeter injection treatment, & in-house baiting.  Reduction of ant trails on trees was 73% (2001) & 68% (2002).  Spots with ants at the perimeter of the house were reduced by 47% (2001) & 30% (2002).  Both the objective assessment of the treatments & the positive opinion of the inhabitants of the houses confirmed the efficacy of the treatment program.]1 aRey, S1 aEspadaler, X  uhttps://antkey.myspecies.info/id/node/33424