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

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Table 3 Indoor sites treated with sugar toxic baits

Site	Place details	Species	Nº of tubes: baits applied	Result + / -	Delay
1	Individual Room 4, U5	N. fulva	1: BA	+	5
2	Individual Room 2, U5	N. fulva	1: BA	+	13
3	Individual Room 3, U5	N. fulva	1: BA	+	13
4	Office, U5	P. sp1	2: BA, B	+	5
5	Individual Room B, IC and office	B. patagonicus	2: BA, B	+	8
6	Individual Room A IC	B. australis	2: BA, B	+	8
6	Individual Room A IC	P. acutiloba	2: BA, B	-	(+32)
7	Resident physician’s Bathroom, U5	A. lundi	2: BA, B	-	(+30)
8	Office, U10	N. fulva	2: BA, B	+	9
9	Individual Room 4, U10	N. fulva	1: BA	+	21
10	Individual Room 10, U9	N. fulva	2: BA, B	+	15
11	Laboratory and office	M. pharaonis	4: BA, B	+	7
12	General room and nurse office	B. patagonicus	10: BA, B	+	7
13	Laundry room	B. australis	6: BA, B	+	14

Keys: N.: Nylanderia; P.: Pheidole; B.: Brachymyrmex; A.: Acromyrmex; M.: Monomorium; BA: boric acid; B: borax.
Result +: ants were no longer detected. Result -: ants were still detected. Delay: Days until shown results.