PREDATION OF Boophilus microplus (CANESTRINI, 1887) (ACARI: IXODIDAE) TICK ENGORGED FEMALE BY THE ANT Pachycondyla striata (SMITH, 1858) (HYMENOPTERA: FORMICIDAE) IN PASTURES
Faced with difficulties in the chemical control of Boophilus microplus, this work intended to apunisw2 observe the principal predator of engorged females in pastures of the grass Brachiaria decumbens, at Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil.A total of 300 engorged female were used, between six experimental repetitions during the winter of 1998 and the summer o