Use of an acoustic emission detector for locating Formosan subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) feeding activity when installing and inspecting aboveground termite bait stations containing hexaflumuron

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 60-71

  Weissling, Thomas J ^a   Thoms, Ellen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DOW AGROSCIENCES LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 0002395841     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3495836     Document Type: Article

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