Predation by ants controls swallow bug (Hemiptera: Cimicidae: Oeciacus vicarius) infestations
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The swallow bug (Oeciacus vicarius) is the only known vector for Buggy Creek virus (BCRV), an alphavirus that circulates in cliff swallows (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) and house sparrows (Passer domesticus) in North America. We discovered ants (Crematogaster lin... ...