Oecophylla smaragdina ants provide pest control in Australian cacao

These data provide counts of Oecophylla smaragdina ants, mealybugs, Amblypelta and Helopeltis bugs, and Rhyparida beetles on a cacao farm where trees in plots were treated or untreated with cacao husks, and trees within plots either had ants present or excluded from trees.

本数据集统计了某可可种植园内的多种节肢动物种群个体数量，涵盖黄猄蚁（Oecophylla smaragdina）、粉蚧、尖角盲蝽属（Amblypelta）蝽类、长盲蝽属（Helopeltis）蝽类以及丽甲属（Rhyparida）甲虫。该试验设置了两类处理变量：一是试验小区内的可可树是否施用可可荚壳，二是各试验小区内的可可树要么接入蚂蚁，要么将蚂蚁排除于树体之外。