Managing The Dark Rover Ant Using Baits

This research studied the efficacy of commercial baits containing borax, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, clothianidin, and indoxacarb. The results showed a significant difference in the survival rates among active ingredients, with products containing imidacloprid, thiamethoxam, and clothianidin being the fastest-acting treatments, while indoxacarb failed to show any statistically significant difference from the untreated control. When under water stress, all baits killed DRA at a faster pace. Nevertheless, the indoxacarb-containing gel bait still failed to kill the workers at a significantly faster rate compared to the untreated control. When exposed to borax bait, there was no significant difference in the survival of DRA that were not starved compared to those starved for 24 hours. There was a significant difference between the survival of DRA that were not starved and those starved for 48 hours.