Method to Monitor Initiation of Aerial Infestations by Alates of the Formosan Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in High-Rise Buildings

Authors: SU, NAN-YAO; SCHEFFRAHN, RUDOLF H.; BAN, PAUL M.

Source: Journal of Economic Entomology, Volume 82, Number 6, December 1989 , pp. 1643-1645(3)

Publisher: Entomological Society of America

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Abstract:

Wood devices were placed on roof surfaces of multi-storied buildings to monitor establishment of aerial infestations by alates of the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, in urban southeastern Florida during one swarming season. A total of 80 alate visits was recorded from 20 devices, with nine pairs successfully establishing copulatoria.

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 1989-12-01

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Journal of Economic Entomology is published bimonthly in February, April, June, August, October, and December. The journal publishes articles on the economic significance of insects and is divided into the following sections: apiculture & social insects; arthropods in relation to plant disease; forum; insecticide resistance and resistance management; ecotoxicology; biological and microbial control; ecology and behavior; sampling and biostatistics; household and structural insects; medical entomology; molecular entomology; veterinary entomology; forest entomology; horticultural entomology; field and forage crops, and small grains; stored-product; commodity treatment and quarantine entomology; and plant resistance. In addition to research papers, Journal of Economic Entomology publishes Letters to the Editor, interpretive articles in a Forum section, Short Communications, Rapid Communications, and Book Reviews.
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