The invention relates to the technical field of solenopsis invicta prevention and control, in particular to
metarhizium palustris for preventing and controlling solenopsis invicta as well as
engineering bacteria and application of the
metarhizium palustris. The
Metarhizium anisopliae provided by the invention is a strain which is separated from the field and has high
toxicity to the solenopsis invicta, and can be used for preventing and treating the solenopsis invicta or constructing
engineering bacteria for preventing and treating the solenopsis invicta. The
engineering bacterium constructed by the invention has high
toxicity to solenopsis invicta, and can enable the
bombyx batryticatus infected with the solenopsis invicta to volatilize a large amount of a solenopsis invicta attractant
longifolene, so that the
bombyx batryticatus has a
trapping and killing effect on the worker solenopsis invicta, and the sanitary behavior of the worker is obviously slowed down. When the engineering
bacteria constructed by the invention are combined with a small amount of chemical insecticide bait, the
control effect of
wettable powder taking spores of the engineering bacteria as an
active component on a multi-
ant nest (a single-
ant nest) of solenopsis invicta is 79% (58%) within 3 days, 93% (90%) within 7 days and 98% (98%) within 28 days, and the method has the advantages of safety, high efficiency and the like.