Pests of cocoa - use of crazy ants for control of Pantorhytes
Abstract
Crazy ants Anoplolepis longipes can be used to control Pantorhytes, the most serious insect pest of cocoa in Papua New Guinea. Crazy ants attack adult Pantorhytes and eat their eggs. They can sometimes completely remove Pantorhytes from a cocoa block. This bulletin tells you how to collect, introduce and establish crazy ants in your cocoa block.
