Attraction Effeet Comparison of Baits for Ants in Different Habitats of Solenopsis invicta in Guangdong Provinle

Attaction effects of several baits,including sausage,pilchard,yellow mealworm,honey and their mixture to the ants were determined and compared in litchi orchard,wasteland and greenbelt where red imported fire ant,Solenopsis invicta,occurred.The results showed that sausage,the mixture of sausage and honey,pilchard and honey could not only attract more species of ants,but also more number of ants.S.invicta prefered the sausage,while the other kinds of ants were on the contrary.By analysis,the results showed that S.invicta had little influence to the attraction of honey and baits added honey to other kinds of ants.Considering the aspects of factors,the mixture bait of sausage and honey and the mixture of pilchard and honey would be the best baits to research the ant community in the place where S.invicta occured.