Fire ant colonies thrived on diets of sugar water and either raw beef liver or raw chicken liver for almost 8 mo, after which brood production ceased in half of these colonies. As expected, colonies did well on a diet of sugar water and domestic crickets. Unexpectedly, however, banded crickets were much less suitable than either liver or domestic crickets.
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1 September 2015
Long-Term Efficacy of Two Cricket and Two Liver Diets for Rearing Laboratory Fire Ant Colonies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Solenopsis invicta)
Sanford D. Porter,
Steven M. Valles,
Jenny M. Gavilanez-Slone
Florida Entomologist
Vol. 98 • No. 3
September 2015
Vol. 98 • No. 3
September 2015
Acheta domesticus
banded cricket
brood production
Gryllodes sigillatus
hígado crudo
hormiga brava
producción de cría