Termite Attractant from Fungus-Infected Wood

7 July 1961

journal article
research article
Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 134 (3471) , 50
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.134.3471.50

Abstract

Field observations suggested that subterranean termites might follow a concentration gradient of attractive material to find decaying wood. Laboratory cultures of the brown rot fungus, Lenzites trabea Pers. ex. Fr., on pine blocks formed a material attractive to the eastern subterranean termites, Reticulitermes flavipes (Kol.) and R. virginicus Banks, and a Costa Rican termite, Nasutitermes columbicus (Holmgren). Such a potent termite attractant may be useful in termite surveys and control.

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