Cellulosic bait matrices containing 0.5% hexaflumuron were tested against field colonies of the subterranean termite Coptotermes curvignathus Holmgren in Malaysia. Foraging activities of the termites were first monitored for several months by using survey stakes and wood bundles placed in underground monitoring traps. Infested stakes were replaced with bait devices. Termite workers to act as recruits were collected from infested stakes and placed in the bait devices. Subsequent activities of the termites were monitored by examining and weighing the wood in the monitoring traps. Data show that the four colonies had populations of 166,288–709,052 foragers and mean wood consumption rates of 305.9–508.2 g/mo per trap. These colonies ceased their activities at all monitoring devices 25–44 d after baiting had commenced. Colonies consumed ≈27–79 g of bait matrix or 137.5–395 mg of hexaflumuron. Thus, C. curvignathus colonies could be monitored, characterized, baited, and foraging eliminated by using a bait matrix containing hexaflumuron.
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1 April 2000
Evaluation of Hexaflumuron for Controlling the Subterranean Termite Coptotermes curvignathus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in Malaysia
Ahmad Said Sajap,
Samsudin Amit,
Jeff Welker
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Journal of Economic Entomology
Vol. 93 • No. 2
April 2000
Vol. 93 • No. 2
April 2000
chitin synthesis inhibitor
Coptotermes curvignathus
hexaflumuron