Tunneling and mortality of eastern and formosan subterranean termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) in sand treated with thiamethoxam or fipronil

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 906-910

  Remmen, Laura N ^a   Su, Nan Yao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coptotermes formosanus; Fipronil; Reticulitermes flavipes; Thiamethoxam

Indexed keywords

COPTOTERMES FORMOSANUS; ISOPTERA; RETICULITERMES FLAVIPES; RHINOTERMITIDAE;

EID: 20544469465     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-0493-98.3.906     Document Type: Article

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