Student Symposium: Alternatives to Chemical Control of Insects: A Survey of Structure-Infesting Termites of Peninsular Florida
Abstract
A total of 785 samples of termites was obtained from structures in central and southern Florida between February 1987 and March 1988. Eleven of the 15 termite species known from Florida were recorded including six drywood (Kalotermitidae) species and five subterranean (Rhinotermitidae) species. An unidentified species of Termitidae, new to Florida, was collected in St. Petersburg. The subterranean termites, Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) and R. virginicus (Banks), accounted for 57% of the 716 survey samples identified to species, while the drywood termites, Cryptotermes brevis (Walker) and Incisitermes snyderi (Light), accounted for 36%. Flight seasons for various species were determined from alate collections. Fumigation for drywood termite control cost building owners in central and southern Florida ca. $30 million in 1987.Downloads
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