A SHALLOW SUBSURFACE MONITORING STATION FOR SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES (ISOPTERA)

A monitoring station consisting of a flat plastic container with numer ous holes on the sides and a cut-out bottom was installed near the soi l surface for monitoring subterranean termites. Termite foraging tunne ls in the soil were quickly reconstructed and extended to the wood blo ck in the station through the holes on the side of the station. The ne w shallow design was more attractive to the eastern subterranean termi te, Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar), than the previous version of the underground monitoring station in which foraging tunnels may be hinde red by its solid plastic collar.