Knowing the enemy: ant behavior and control in a pediatric hospital of Buenos Aires

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Table 2 Visits and behavioral dominance at the bait stations

Station	First genera to discover/recruit to baits	Time of Nf presence.> 3 workers*	Time of Nf recruit. > 20 workers**	Species (&) at T7 (time = 70 m)
ST 1	Pheidole, Solenopsis	T5	T5	N. fulva	(100&)
ST 2	Pheidole	T4	T6	N. fulva	(97&)
ST 3	Pheidole	--	--	P. sp2	(98&)
ST 4	Pheidole	T7	T7	N. fulva	(43&);
				B. patagonicus	(37&);
				P. sp2	(15&)
ST 5	Pheidole	T5	T6	N. fulva	(100&)
ST 6	Pheidole	--	--	P. acutiloba	(91&)
ST 7	Pheidole	--	--	P. sp1	(97&)
ST 8	Pheidole	T5	--	N. fulva	(55&);
ST 8	Pheidole	T5	--	P. sp2	(45&)

First genera to arrive at each station (STi), presence of Nylanderia fulva as the first time in which 3 (presence) and 20 (recruitment) workers were detected and behavioral dominance showed as the percentage of ant species present at the end of the recording (70 min, T7).
ST: Station; Nf: Nylanderia fulva; N.: Nylanderia; P.: Pheidole.
*; ** : First Time (from T0 to T7) at which N. fulva had at least 3 (*) or 20 (**) workers at the station.
--: There were no workers or did not reach the indicated number.