A sensor consisting of a wooden monitor painted with a conductive circuit of silver particle emulsion was placed in a monitoring station to detect feeding activity of the subterranean termite Coptotermes havilandi Holmgren. Sensor accuracy was 100% 1 mo after installation, but 9 mo after sensor placement, the rate declined to 73%. After the detection of C. havilandi in the stations, baits containing the chitin synthesis inhibitor hexaflumuron were applied in five colonies, and four colonies were eliminated within 3–5 mo. Baiting could not be completed for the remaining one colony because the site became inaccessible.
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Control of Coptotermes havilandi (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) with Hexaflumuron Baits and a Sensor Incorporated into a Monitoring and Baiting Program
Nan-Yao Su,
Paul M. Ban,
Rudolf H. Scheffrahn
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Journal of Economic Entomology
Vol. 93 • No. 2
April 2000
Vol. 93 • No. 2
April 2000
colony elimination
population control
termite detection
termite monitoring and baiting station