A study of foraging behavior and physiological adaptation of western dry wood termite: a framework for development of novel bandage system

摘要

The western drywood termite, Incisitermes minor (Hagen), is one of invaded insect species, and was firstly reported in Japan in 1976. Since that date, 24 out of 47 prefecture have been infested by /. minor.With current pest management industry standard for detection/inspection (visual searching) and remedial treatment (wood injection), it is hard to prevent drywood termite infestations for some reason including; 1) the lack of knowledge of foraging behavior and biological adaptations of drywood termites that involve survival in environmental stresses and 2) the high proportion of remedial intervention which only intends to kill drywood termites present at the time of application, whereas no preventive treatment which intends to stop or prevent reinfestation. Consequently, the drywood termite management should understand the foraging behavior and biological adaptations of drywood termites to provide a framework for improving efforts at detection and control when treatment is necessary.