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Argentine ants, Linepithema humile, (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Louisiana: Ant-ant competition and treatment with insecticides

The Argentine ants nest in the ground and forage into hundreds of trees and houses in the area. We investigated the effect of competition between Argentine ants and red imported fire ants. When equal numbers of Argentine ants and fire ants interacted, fire ants were more successful than Argentines, ...

Gel bait aversion resistance in the German cockroach: Toxicological and evolutionary considerations
M.E. Scharf and C.-L. Wang | Full Paper | 2005

Insecticide resistance in insects is a well-documented phenomenon that is equally related to toxicology and evolutionary biology. Insecticide resistance in the German cockroach has a long history dating back over 60 years. Thus, the recent evolution of gel bait aversion resistance is but one example...