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Location of Food Sources by Subterranean Termites

Environmental Entomology, 1980
Chihuahuan desert subterranean termites, Gnathamitermes tubiformans (Buckley) and Amitermes wheeleri (Desneux) readily located surface foods but failed to utilize buried foods of the same type. The termites attacked both natural cowdung pats and artificial(polyurethane) cowdung pats at the same rate as estimated by holes chewed through plastic film ...
G. Ettershank, J.A. Ettershank, W. G. Whitford   +2 more
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Field baiting of some australian subterranean termites

Zeitschrift für Angewandte Entomologie, 1980
AbstractA modified bait sampling method using toilet rolls was adopted and proved effective in attracting several species of foraging subterranean termites. Heterotermes ferox (Froggatt) was the principal species involved in attacks on this type of bait, although a small number of baits were attacked by Coptotermes acinaciformis (Froggatt) and ...
J. R. J. French, P. J. Robinson
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Subterranean Termite Detection Using the Spectral Kurtosis

2007 4th IEEE Workshop on Intelligent Data Acquisition and Advanced Computing Systems: Technology and Applications, 2007
This paper deals with termite detection in noisy media using higher-order statistics. The results could be extrapolated to all impulse-like insect emissions. The spectral kurtosis reveals non-Gaussian characteristics (the peakedness of the probability density function) associated to these non-stationary measurements, specially in the near ultrasound ...
Juan Jose Gonzalez de la Rosa, C.G. Puntonet, A. Moreno   +2 more
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Dispersal Flights of the Formosan Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology, 2015
The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, is a pest of major economic concern. This termite is particularly known for its tendency to establish populations in nonendemic areas via maritime vessels as well as human-aided transport of infested materials. The natural spread of this species after new introductions occurs in part by
Aaron J, Mullins, Matthew T, Messenger, Hartwig H, Hochmair, Francesco, Tonini, Nan-Yao, Su, Claudia, Riegel   +5 more
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Hermetically Sealed Baits for Subterranean Termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology, 2007
Cellulose baits containing 0.5% hexaflumuron were hermetically sealed in a closed cell polyethylene sheet envelope and placed in soil to test their durability and efficacy against field colonies of the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, or the eastern subterranean termite, Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar).
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Resource competition between two fungal parasites in subterranean termites

Naturwissenschaften, 2012
Subterranean termites live in large groups in underground nests where the pathogenic pressure of the soil environment has led to the evolution of a complex interaction among individual and social immune mechanisms in the colonies. However, groups of termites under stress can show increased susceptibility to opportunistic parasites.
Thomas, Chouvenc, Caroline A, Efstathion, Monica L, Elliott, Nan-Yao, Su   +3 more
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Coptotermes formosanus (Formosan subterranean termite).

2021
Abstract C. formosanus is often transported by boats and shipping containers to port cities before being carried further inland via landscape materials such as railroad ties (railway sleepers). This may explain the current C. formosanus distribution in the USA with coastal areas more densely infested than inland areas (Hochmair and ...
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Development of Baits for Population Management of Subterranean Termites

Annual Review of Entomology, 2019
The objective of bait application envisioned by early researchers was to eliminate the source of infestation, the colony, but because of the lack of adequate evaluation tools, results of field trials with mirex baits in the 1960s were mostly inconclusive.
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Subterranean Termite Treatment Options

2015
This fact sheet gives an overview of all the currently available subterranean termite treatment methods. It includes general descriptions of treatment products, brand names, application techniques, and their unique features.
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Controlling subterranean forces enables a fast, steerable, burrowing soft robot

Science Robotics, 2021
Nicholas D Naclerio, Andras Karsai, Mason Murray-Cooper   +2 more
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