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Foraging behavior of subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae): Food discovery and movement of termites within established galleries

N.Y. Su and P. Barnudias | Full Paper | 2005

Unlike insects foraging above ground where individuals can explore over an area and then lay a recruitment trail for others to follow, subterranean termites search for food by constructing underground tunnels. Studies have showed that termite tunnel orientations are affected by physical irregulariti...

Area-wide management of Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in Louis Armstrong Park, New Orleans, Louisiana

M.T. Messenger , N.Y. Su and A.J. Mullins | Poster | 2005

The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), is the most economically important structural pest in the New Orleans metro area, Louisiana, U.S.A.. In 1998, two significant projects were initiated to determine the effectiveness of area-wide subterranea...