Data supporting: Seasonal variation in bait attractiveness among six Mediterranean pest ant populations: implications for toxic bait development

This repository contains the raw data supporting the manuscript Seasonal variation in bait attractiveness among six Mediterranean pest ant populations: implications for toxic bait development, currently under peer review. The study evaluates seasonal variation in bait attractiveness among six Mediterranean pest ant species by comparing worker recruitment to three artificial bait formulations differing in macronutrient composition. Experiments were conducted under field conditions during autumn 2024 and spring 2025. Each row of the dataset represents one bait offered during one experimental replicate. The response variable corresponds to the number of worker ants feeding on that bait 90 minutes after bait placement.