Reproductives in Mature Colonies of Reticulitermes flavipes : Abundance, Sex-Ratio, and Association with Soldiers 1

1 August 1980

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Environmental Entomology

Vol. 9 (4) , 458-460
https://doi.org/10.1093/ee/9.4.458

Abstract

Soldier and reproductive proportions of Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) were determined in sampling baits from 89 colonies and 5 logs. Soldiers averaged 2% of the colony and neotenics, when present accounted for up to 1.28%. The sex-ratio of R. flavipes neotenics was ca. 2 females for every male. Soldier proportions were always high in the vicinity of the neotenics.

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