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This presentation is part of : Ten-Minute Papers, Section Fb. Urban Entomology

Response of Reticulitermes spp. (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in northern California to baiting with noviflumuron with The SentriconTM Termite Colony Elimination System

Christopher W. Solek1, Gail M. Getty1, Michael I. Haverty2, and Vernard R. Lewis3. (1) University of California, Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, Division of Insect Biology, 201 Wellman Hall #3112, Berkeley, CA, (2) Pacific Southwest Research Station-Forest Service, Chemical Ecology of Forest Insects, P.O. Box 245, Berkeley, CA, (3) University of California, Berkeley, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management Division of Insect Biology, Division of Insect Biology, 201 Wellman Hall, #3112, Berkeley, CA

Performance comparisons for noviflumuron and hexaflumuron, two chitin synthesis inhibitors used in baiting for control of subterranean termites, were made at various sites in northern California. The sites were monitored monthly using mark-recapture methods to identify individual in-ground colonies. Baiting was initiated when at least two stations were found connected and most sites were subsequently monitored for at least one year following elimination of the baited colonies. Noviflumuron showed a clear advantage over hexaflumuron in mean time to elimination, and was much less dependent upon the time of year in which baiting was initiated. In addition, lower concentrations of active ingredient, 0.25% vs. 0.5%, appear to provide at least equivalent results.

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Species 1: Isoptera Rhinotermitidae Reticulitermes (subterranean termite)
Keywords: termite baiting

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