{"id":4011,"date":"2017-01-01T16:27:39","date_gmt":"2017-01-01T06:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ppmmagazine.com.au\/?p=4011"},"modified":"2022-11-05T12:00:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T02:00:26","slug":"termites-in-action-january-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professionalpestmanager.com\/nz\/professional-pest-manager-magazine\/termites-in-action-january-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"TERMITES IN ACTION \u2013\u00a0JANUARY 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Termites display some interesting behaviour with brickwork in this issue.<\/em>
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Follow the path of least resistance<\/h2>\n

Termites will often utilise ready-made structures to allow trails to be developed with reduced energy input. Alex Fayers<\/strong> from Specialist Termite Control in Melbourne saw this great example underneath a deck that had been destroyed by Coptotermes frenchi<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Coptotermes frenchi<\/em> showing nice geometry \u2013\u00a0using pointing as ready-made trails<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chris Schmid<\/strong> from Abolish Termite and Pest Management in Brisbane, picked up this remarkable termite mudding. Were the termites off to check the meter box for a treatment sticker before deciding whether to attack this home?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Termite mud tubing following brick pointing to the meter box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Invasive inspections are worth the effort<\/h2>\n

Jaime Ackland<\/strong> from Action Pest Control in Braeside, Victoria had to cut a trap under the staircase to gain access to this sub-floor in a three year-old townhouse. \u201cTo my surprise I found a rather large nest under the home, in a suburb which has been designated \u2018not a high risk termite area\u2019 in Melbourne.\u201d I guess the termites can\u2019t read.<\/p>\n

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Coptotermes<\/em> nest in the subfloor of a three-year-old townhouse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A non-pest termite<\/h2>\n

Daniel Heald<\/strong> from Termico Pest Management in Perth sent in this picture of a Drepanotermes<\/em> species, probably D.rubriceps<\/em>, found out at Dingo Rock, near Wongan Hills.<\/p>\n

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Drepanotermes<\/em> soldiers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Also known as harvester termites (drepan means sickle), these termites gather grass, or in this case she-oak needles, and store them inside their irregular waist-high mounds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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