Periodic sampling of 87 independent monitors, initially active with the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, was conducted. Monitors, located in eight sectors adjacent to seven buildings, were various distances (1–46 m) from 57 trees treated with 0.1% imidacloprid foam. Termites collected from six of the eight sectors showed latent mortality attributed to imidacloprid intoxication at all monitor-tree distances. Approximately 6 mo after treatment, termite populations had recovered in these sectors. Another sector showed termite population suppression for ≈15 mo, followed by recovery. Imidacloprid tree treatments did not control C. formosanus populations in independent monitors adjacent to the treatments.
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1 February 2003
Effect of Imidacloprid Tree Treatments on the Occurrence of Formosan Subterranean Termites, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), in Independent Monitors
Weste L. A. Osbrink,
Alan R. Lax
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Journal of Economic Entomology
Vol. 96 • No. 1
February 2003
Vol. 96 • No. 1
February 2003
Coptotermes formosanus
foam
imidacloprid
termite
trees