Red ant ( Doryllus rentals, Dorylidae, Hymenoptera)

• Social insect ( female, male, worker)
• Polyphagus pest.

Damaging stage: worker

Damaging symptoms :

• Feed underground parts of the plant like root, tuber, and underground
• Wilt and turn yellow and dies.

Identification

• Male: dark brown  two pairs of membranous
• Worker: mainly damaged to host plant, eye absent, sserialfemale.
• Female: larger body, eyes, 2 pairs of wings. Laying egg in soil below 3-5 cm in ground level. Hatch in 1wks and 2 wks in pupa.

Management

• Solution of azadiractin @100ml/l in the oil near the plant stem.
• Drench water diluted cow urine (1:5 urine: water)+ tobacco dust (5g in every 1 liter of diluted cow urine)in the soil @100ml/plant at tuber initiation.
• Application of chloropyrifos in soil, dursban10%G @ 1kg/ropani before