Aspen stakes were placed around trees at twenty-four sites in Poplarville, MS to locate foraging colonies of Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki from 9-03 to 6-04. The same twenty-four sites were then examined using acoustical detection equipment from 3-05 to 9-05. Acoustical monitoring is not effective before June in southern Mississippi due to C. formosanus inactivity, while Aspen stakes can be a more reliable year-round monitoring method. Acoustical monitoring can be more effective at detecting C. formosanus colonies in warmer months because some colonies do not forage out to the Aspen stakes.