广东省草皮种植场和城市草坪红火蚁发生为害程度调查

[背景]在防控红火蚁的工作中,有效控制该虫传播途径、降低传播风险是预防的关键。随草皮调运传播是红火蚁扩散的重要方式之一。[方法]采用活蚁巢密度、诱集比率、诱集工蚁数量、发生率等多个指标,调查评价了广东省主要草皮种植地区广州石基、广州增城、深圳南山、惠州博罗等草皮种植场和城市绿化草坪红火蚁发生程度。[结果]广东省草皮种植场红火蚁发生普遍,携带该虫扩散传播的风险极大。不同地区草皮种植场红火蚁发生程度存在明显差异。惠州博罗草场红火蚁发生程度最重,活蚁巢密度、诱集比率、诱集工蚁数量和发生率分别为0．0085个·m^-2、56．75％、16．80头·个^-1和83．60％;深圳南山发生程度最轻,各项指标分别为0．0011个·m^-2、9．62％、0．92头·个^-1和24．50％。城市绿化草坪红火蚁发生较为普遍。调查的3个城市中惠州发生程度最重,活蚁巢密度、诱集比率、诱集工蚁数量和发生率等均最高,分别为0．0149个·m2、10．46％、14．30头·个-1和62．86％。不同品种草坪草红火蚁发生程度不同,以假俭草最高,以上4个指标分别为0．0140个·100m^-2、6．85％、5．57头·个^-1和51．43％。城区类型不同红火蚁发生程度不同,老城区红火蚁发生较轻,新城区较重,发生点常在移植草坪、绿化苗木区域。[结论与意义[广东省主要草皮种植区和城市草坪红火蚁发生均较为普遍,运输携带该虫传播的风险极大,研究结果可为加强草皮检疫、防止携带红火蚁传播提供依据。     

广州地区红火蚁工蚁的巢外活动及有翅蚁的婚飞规律

为了阐明红火蚁Solenopsis invicta Buren的发生危害规律,为制定红火蚁的监测与防治措施提供科学依据,本研究调查了广州地区（113°45′E,22°43′N）红火蚁工蚁巢外活动日节律和季节性变化,以及有翅蚁的婚飞活动。结果表明,工蚁巢外活动日节律随季节或月份的不同而存在着明显差异：其中12-2月份的日活动节律为单峰型,即在中午温度较高时数量较大,而在5-10月份的日活动节律为双峰型,即在上午或下午工蚁数量较大,其余月份的活动为不明显的双峰型。工蚁巢外活动数量和时间随季节的不同而有显著差异。其中以6月和10月份的日活动数量最多,而在1月和2月份的活动数量最少,时间最短,其余月份活动数量居中。工蚁在阵雨前后的活动数量明显多于晴天,但处于降雨时刻的巢外工蚁数量极少。蚁巢受侵扰后出巢工蚁数量在30 s内最大,之后便随时间的延长而逐渐减少,该种现象可以用房室函数进行描述。另外,工蚁的巢外数量会随侵扰强度的加大而增加。在试验区内全年都可见到红火蚁婚飞,但婚飞活动主要集中在3-5月份,每日婚飞活动主要发生在下午,并主要发生在雨前或雨后。上述结果对于了解我国红火蚁的发生危害规律和提升其监控技术水平有较大参考价值。     

广东吴川红火蚁消长规律

采用系统调查的方法研究广东吴川红火蚁Solenopsis invicta Buren蚁巢数量、蚁丘体积和工蚁的年度变化规律,结果表明1年之中红火蚁活动蚁巢密度出现2个高峰期,分别在6~8月和10~12月;4~7月和10~11月新增活动蚁巢数量较大;蚁巢自然消亡出现在多个时间,其中以9月最多。4~11月红火蚁工蚁活动旺盛,用诱饵诱集法监测,5、6月和10、11月红火蚁工蚁出现2个明显盛期,而陷阱法中工蚁数量为单峰型,高峰出现在7月。2种监测方法获得的工蚁数量间相关系数为0.88,达到极显著相关。气温、地表温度、5cm土壤温度与2种方法获得的工蚁数量间相关系数分别为0.88,0.88,0.86和0.93,0.94,0.95,均达极显著水平。红火蚁蚁丘体积4~6月、9~12月增大幅度较大,其中6月份蚁巢增长最为明显。     

昆明红火蚁种群发生特征

【目的】2013年10月云南省元谋县首次发现红火蚁。掌握红火蚁蚁巢各品级发生动态,能为当地红火蚁的防控提供技术支撑。【方法】2015年1—12月,在昆明宜良县对红火蚁蚁巢取样、分离,红火蚁取样、称重,统计红火蚁各品级的头数。【结果】地上蚁巢红火蚁蚁群数量发生高峰期在8—9月,其次是3—4月。蚁后数量比例高峰在3—4月;有翅雌蚁比例高峰在4月,其次是7月;有翅雄蚁比例高峰的在5月,其次是9月;生殖蚁幼虫和蛹比例高峰的3、4和12月。地上蚁巢工蚁、兵蚁、职能蚁幼虫和蛹数量发生的高峰期在8—9月,发生小高峰期在4月。【结论】昆明红火蚁蚁群数量动态有2个峰值,第一个峰值为8—9月,以职能蚁防治为主;第二个蜂值3—4月,以生殖蚁和职能蚁防治为主。该结果为昆明红火蚁防控技术提供了数据支撑。     

昆明市呈贡区红火蚁工蚁消长动态及防控适期

红火蚁Solenopsis invicta Buren是我国重要的入侵害虫,2003年10月我国台湾发现其发生,2004年9月广东吴川也发现其危害,其后16年发生范围迅速扩大,已经入侵15个省区并具明显扩散趋势,给入侵区生产、生活造成严重的负面影响.2013年10月云南省首次在元谋县发现红火蚁入侵,其后相继在昆明、玉溪、丽江、临沧、文山等地发现其危害.为明确新入侵区红火蚁的发生规律,为其防治提供科学依据,本文采用诱饵诱集法系统调查了云南省昆明市呈贡区红火蚁工蚁年发生动态,并分析了工蚁觅食强度与温度、降雨的关系.结果表明,该地区工蚁动态表现为双峰型,即年内出现两个明显盛期,分别在7-8月和10-11月,其具体动态为1-5月觅食工蚁数量少,数量增长缓慢,6-7月逐渐增加,8月觅食工蚁数量达到最大,平均每个诱集瓶可以诱集294头,而后减少;10-11月又进入一个盛期,12月又开始减少.全年中2月份红火蚁最少,平均诱集工蚁数量为15头/瓶.通过对温度、降雨量与捕获到工蚁的数量进行相关性分析,发现温度、降雨量均与捕获工蚁数量存在显著相关性.以气温25℃或者地面温度21℃作为标准提出,4月下旬-8月下旬为昆明地区应用饵剂防控红火蚁最适温度时间范围.     

深圳市红火蚁婚飞规律研究

本研究利用自制红火蚁Solenopsis invicta Buren收集装置对红火蚁婚飞规律进行研究,结果表明:本试验过程中共观察到婚飞273次,无论大、中、小蚁巢均有有翅蚁婚飞现象;共收集到有翅蚁10 618头,雌雄比为2.1:1;单次婚飞有翅蚁均为雌虫的有167次,均为雄虫的有25次,单次婚飞有翅蚊既有雌虫又有雄虫(雌虫+雄虫)的共81次;同一蚁巢可以发生多次婚飞,同一蚁巢不同次婚飞的有翅蚁性别比也会发生变化;除2009年11月和2010年2月未收集到有翅蚁,其余各月均可观察到有翅蚁婚飞,婚飞最高峰期为2010年4月和5月,其次是2009年6-9月,婚飞次数和收集到的有翅蚁数量成明显的正向相关关系;8:30-15:00均有有翅蚁婚飞,而婚飞高峰期为11:30-13:30,婚飞一般持续30～150 min.婚飞一般发生在雨后晴天或相对低温后气温快速回升以后.     

圆唇散白蚁补充生殖蚁的类型与建群能力

摘要: 【目的】为了探讨圆唇散白蚁Reticulitermes labralis补充生殖蚁对巢群稳定和发展的作用。【方法】对野外巢群进行调查研究, 及对婚飞成虫通过雌雄配对与补充生殖蚁隔离巢群进行人工饲养的对比研究。【结果】在野外巢群只发现1对原始蚁王蚁后, 而补充生殖蚁的数量最多可达到689头/巢。圆唇散白蚁有3种类型的补充生殖蚁, 即由工蚁转化来的无翅型补充生殖蚁、若蚁转化来的翅芽型补充生殖蚁和末龄若蚁羽化来的拟成虫型补充生殖蚁。实验室条件下婚飞配对群体和隔离群体建群1个月后的存活率分别为64%和96%。建巢初期婚飞配对群体的子代数目增长缓慢, 2个月时的群体数量为6.3±1.54, 10个月时的群体数量也仅为8.4±1.47; 而隔离建群补充生殖蚁2个月时的群体数量为52.4±6.44, 10个月时的群体数量为164.3±20.85, 都高于婚飞配对群体。 此外, 野外巢群的补充蚁后跟原始蚁后一样都具有发达的卵巢。【结论】在圆唇散白蚁中补充生殖蚁是白蚁巢群主要的繁殖力量, 也是建立新巢群的重要繁殖品级。     

红火蚁蚁巢表层各虫态数量与蚁丘大小的关系

采用挖巢取样法调查广州市番禺区6个地点的红火蚁蚁巢表层各虫态数量,分析各虫态数量与蚁丘大小的相互关系。结果表明,在调查的180个蚁巢中,占蚁巢总数57.78%的红火蚁蚁丘体积5000 cm~3,占蚁巢总数20.56%的红火蚁蚁丘体积介于5000~10000 cm~3,占蚁巢总数21.67%的红火蚁蚁丘体积10000 cm~3;占蚁巢总数32.78%的红火蚁蚁巢蚁丘表面基部面积500 cm~2,占蚁巢总数42.78%的红火蚁蚁巢蚁丘表面基部面积在500~1000 cm~2,占蚁巢总数24.44%的红火蚁蚁巢蚁丘表面基部面积1000 cm~2。平均1cm~3有效蚁丘体积中有3头红火蚁,1 cm~2蚁丘表面基部面积有22头红火蚁。红火蚁各虫态数量和蚁群总数均明显地随着蚁丘体积和表面基部面积的增大而增大,工蚁数量与蚁丘体积及表面基部面积的正相关性较其他虫态强;红火蚁数量与蚁丘体积的相关性强于该蚁数量与蚁丘表面基部面积的相关性。     

应用诱饵诱集法和陷阱法收集的红火蚁工蚁数量间关系研究

准确获得红火蚁Solenopsis invicta Buren发生程度数据是做好防控工作的基础和前提,明确不同调查方法之间的定量关系可为建立该蚁发生程度度量的标准化体系提供依据。本研究比较了应用诱饵诱集法和陷阱法获得的红火蚁工蚁数量,并分析了二者的相关性,建立了模型。累计设置了840个诱饵,共诱集到183753头工蚁;设置840个陷阱,共收集工蚁93787头。一年中不同时期诱饵诱集法采集的工蚁数量以4月-6月最多,为285.8头/诱饵;陷阱法是7月-8月,为171.7头/陷阱。诱集法、陷阱法收集到的工蚁数量极显著相关,描述该关系的6个模型分别为Y=0.2693X+27.9010(1月-3月)、Y=0.2309X+22.6450(11月-12月)、Y=0.2818X+61.1160(4月-6月)、Y=0.6219X+28.1070(7月-8月)、Y=0.3067X+32.2510(9月-10月)、Y=0.3635X+32.2510(1月-12月)。本研究结果对建立红火蚁发生程度主要指标的转换体系具有参考意义。     

扶桑绵粉蚧及其蜜露对红火蚁的召集作用

为了明确扶桑绵粉蚧Phenacoccus solenopsis Tinsley及其蜜露对红火蚁Solenopsis invicta Buren的召集作用,利用双向选择诱集装置测定了扶桑绵粉蚧雌成虫及其分泌蜜露对红火蚁工蚁的诱集数量动态。结果表明：（1）蜜露对红火蚁工蚁具有强烈的召集作用,不管扶桑绵粉蚧存在与否,均可在10~20 min出现觅食工蚁的数量高峰,之后随着蜜露量减少,觅食工蚁诱集数量也逐渐降低,明显高于对照;（2）仅有扶桑绵粉蚧雌成虫存在时,红火蚁觅食工蚁数量呈现逐渐增加的趋势,50 min才达到数量高峰,之后无明显下降趋势;（3）对比蜜露和雌成虫对红火蚁工蚁的诱集结果发现,蜜露对红火蚁工蚁的召集作用明显较强,10 min即可出现91.50头的觅食工蚁数量高峰,而雌成虫对红火蚁的诱集量较低,诱集高峰出现在42 min,诱集量仅为39.17头。因此,扶桑绵粉蚧及其蜜露均对红火蚁工蚁具有一定的召集作用,蜜露的召集作用明显较强,而雌成虫的召集作用较为稳定,未随着时间延长出现明显下降。     

Predaceous ants, beach replenishment, and nest placement by sea turtles

Ants known for attacking and killing hatchling birds and reptiles include the red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta Buren), tropical fire ant [Solenopsis geminata (Fabr.)], and little fire ant [Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger)]. We tested whether sea turtle nest placement influenced exposure to predaceous ants. In 2000 and 2001, we surveyed ants along a Florida beach where green turtles (Chelonia mydas L.), leatherbacks (Dermochelys coriacea Vandelli), and loggerheads (Caretta caretta L.) nest. Part of the beach was artificially replenished between our two surveys. As a result, mean beach width experienced by nesting turtles differed greatly between the two nesting seasons. We surveyed 1,548 sea turtle nests (2000: 909 nests; 2001: 639 nests) and found 22 ant species. S. invicta was by far the most common species (on 431 nests); S. geminata and W. auropunctata were uncommon (on 3 and 16 nests, respectively). In 2000, 62.5% of nests had ants present (35.9% with S. invicta), but in 2001, only 30.5% of the nests had ants present (16.4% with S. invicta). Turtle nests closer to dune vegetation had significantly greater exposure to ants. Differences in ant presence on turtle nests between years and among turtle species were closely related to differences in nest placement relative to dune vegetation. Beach replenishment significantly lowered exposure of nests to ants because on the wider beaches turtles nested farther from the dune vegetation. Selective pressures on nesting sea turtles are altered both by the presence of predaceous ants and the practice of beach replenishment.     

Reproductive phenologies in a diverse temperate ant fauna

Abstract.  1. Ant nuptial flights are central to understanding ant life history and ecology but have been little studied. This study examined the timing of nuptial flights, the synchronicity of nuptial flights (as a potential index of mating strategy), and variation in nuptial flights with elevation and among years in a diverse temperate ant fauna.
2. Flights occurred throughout the year, but were concentrated in the beginning of summer and in early fall (autumn). Relative to the entire flight season, closely related species tended to be more likely than expected by chance to fly at similar times, perhaps because of phylogenetic constraints on life history evolution.
3. Flights were relatively synchronous within species for nearly all species considered, but synchronicity did not appear to be a robust estimate of overall mating strategy.
4. Overall patterns in nuptial flights among species and the timing of flights for individual species varied with elevation, but did not vary greatly among years.
5. Although this study is one of the most comprehensive on the reproductive flight phenologies of ants, much remains to be learned about the causes and consequences of such spatial and temporal variation in flight phenology.     

POPULATION STRUCTURE,LOCAL MATE COMPETITION,AND SEX-ALLOCATION PATTERN IN THE ANT MESSOR ACICULATUS

Population-genetic structure and sex-allocation ratios were investigated for the ant Messor aciculatus, a species that conducts mass nuptial flights. An electrophoretic survey on two polymorphic loci revealed excessive homozygosities in two populations. Because inbreeding inside nests does not occur, the heterozygote deficiency may result from population subdivision rather than assortative inbreeding during nuptial flights. Assuming no inbreeding, a simulation based on the observed genotype distribution in the study site suggested that, on average, a breeding swarm consists of alates from only 1.7 colonies. This population genetic structure seems to cause local mate competition (LMC), a factor that can shift population sex ratio toward females. The sex-allocation ratio to males in the population (0.166 ± 0.030; mean ± SE) was significantly female biased and lower than the expected optima for queens (0.5) and for workers (0.25) without LMC. Sex-ratio variability among colonies was explained by a pattern of constant male investment, which is predictable assuming LMC. Thus, the study provides the first evidence of LMC in ants with mass nuptial flights and contradicts previous assumptions about breeding structure in swarming ants. The results suggest that LMC can affect sex-allocation patterns for ant colonies and populations.     

The spatial distribution and environmental triggers of ant mating flights: using citizen‐science data to reveal national patterns

Many ant species produce winged reproductive males and females that embark on mating flights. Previous research has shown substantial synchrony in flights between colonies and that weather influences phenology but these studies have been limited by sample size and spatiotemporal scale. Using citizen science, we gathered the largest ever dataset (> 13 000 observations) on the location and timing of winged ant sightings over a three‐year period across a broad spatial scale (the United Kingdom). In total, 88.5% of winged ants sampled were Lasius niger. Observations occurred from June to September with 97% occurring in July/August but exact temporal patterns differed substantially between years. As expected, observations within each year showed a small but significant northward/westward trend as summer progressed. However, the predicted spatiotemporal synchrony was far less apparent; observations were not significantly spatially clustered at national, regional or local scales. Nests in urban (vs rural) areas and those associated with heat‐retaining structures produced winged ants earlier. Local weather conditions rather than broad geographical or seasonal factors were shown to be critical in the timing of winged ant activity, presumably to optimize mate finding and to minimize energy consumption and predation. Temperature and wind speed, but not barometric pressure, were significant predictors of observations (positively and negatively, respectively); winged ants were only observed at temperatures > 13°C and wind‐speeds < 6.3 m^–1. All days with a mean daily temperature > 25°C had observations. Intriguingly, changes in temperature and wind speed from the day before flight peaks were also significant. We conclude that: 1) spatiotemporal synchrony in flights is lower than previously thought for L. niger, 2) local temperature and wind are key predictors of flight phenology; and 3) ants appear able to determine, at least in a limited way, if weather is improving or deteriorating and adjust their behaviour accordingly.     

灭蚁威对不同生境下红火蚁的药效评价

在红火蚁发生区域选农田、山坡地、绿化带、草坪等4个不同生境地块,采用灭蚁威毒饵进行防治试验,并对其药效进行调查。结果显示,药后10 d,灭蚁威对红火蚁蚁巢的防效较差,且表现出不同生境而有所差异;但在药后35 d时,其对蚁巢和工蚁的校正防效均在95%以上,表现出良好的防治效果。本试验结果表明,灭蚁威的药效需一个月后才能充分发挥;在红火蚁发生区,对不同的生境均可采用灭蚁威饵剂进行防治。     

Winged leaf-cutting ants on nuptial flights used as transport by Attacobius spiders for dispersal

Abstract.  1. Sexuals of a leaf-cutting ant, Atta bisphaerica Forel, left their nest for nuptial flights in October to December.
2. When leaving a nest, 53 of the 479 winged sexuals (or alates) observed (11.1%) carried up to three inquiline spiders of Attacobius luederwaldti .
3. Spiders exclusively selected winged sexuals, not workers, and preferred females, indicating their expectation of the stronger flight ability of females. Neither these sexuals nor workers that appeared out of the nest on flight days attempted to remove or attack spiders on the body of alates.
4. New qucens landing from their nuptial flight did not carry spiders, indicating that the spiders had left the ants in the sky to be dispersed by wind.
5. No spiders were found in more than 100 incipient nests, which were estimated to be 2–3 months old. This suggests that the spiders jumped off the alate during mid-flight and dispersed on the wind to inhabit larger nests.     

Eradication of Solenopsis invicta by pyriproxyfen at the Shihmen Reservoir in northern Taiwan

Abstract The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility of eradicating the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, in the hot, humid and rainy conditions of northern Taiwan. Thirteen hectares of the Shihmen Reservoir have been infected with these ants, with a total of 1 578 mounds. Pyriproxyfen was applied at a rate of 2 kg/hectare each season, for a total of four seasons. Surveys using visual examination, bait traps, as well as the population index method showed that the brood, the reproductive ants, and the worker ants within the nests were all significantly reduced 1 month after the first application of pyriproxyfen. Four months after the initial application there were no more brood or reproductive ants. After 8 months there were no longer any active mounds left, and 12 months later there were no more worker ants. After monitoring for 1 more year, it was ascertained that the red imported fire ants were eradicated. The percentages of decrease after 2, 4 and 6 months of treatment were 57.4%, 80.5%, and 98.2%, respectively.