2006•SociobiologyOpen access

Field attraction of termites to a carbon dioxide-generating bait in Australia (Isoptera).

Steve Broadbent, Michael Farr, E. J. Bernklau, Matthew S. Siderhurst, David M. James, L. B. Bjostad

Abstract

Termite bait stations with orwithout a CO 2 -generatingbait (Focus Termite Attractant, produced by Brotica, Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado, and distributed by Ensystex Australasia) were tested at tree and house locations in Australia. The termite species Coptotermes acinaciformis (Froggatt) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), Schedorhinotermes intermedius (Brauer) (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), Microcerotermes turneri (Froggatt) (Isoptera: Termitidae), and Nasutitermes exitiosus (Hill) (Isoptera: Termitidae) discovered more monitoring stations when the CO 2 -generating bait was present, and also discovered the monitoring stations more quickly when the CO 2 -generating bait was present.

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Key concepts: Rhinotermitidae, Termitidae, Coptotermes, Biology, Attraction, Ecology, Philosophy, Linguistics