Temporal Changes in Chlorantraniliprole and Indoxacarb in Four Midwestern Soils and Bioefficacy Against the Eastern Subterranean Termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

Effect of Soil Type and Exposure Duration on Mortality and Transfer of Chlorantraniliprole and Fipronil on Formosan Subterranean Termites (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae)

“…Spomer et al (2009) reported that soils with higher OM content slightly reduced the availability of the termiticides indoxacarb and chlorantraniliprole to R. flavipes compared with the soils with lower OM content. In contrast, Spomer and Kamble (2011) reported no soil effect on chlorantraniliprole efÞcacy against R. flavipes using four naturally occurring soil types found in Nebraska, where soil organic matter ranged from 0.57 to 3.64%. The present tests with C. formosanus showed a similar trend with the former studies where termites picked up sufÞciently high amounts of toxicant from the treated sand to kill both the donors and the recipients, but not from the treated high OM soil.…”

“…Spomer et al (2009) and Spomer and Kamble (2011) studied the effects of this chemical on eastern subterranean termites, Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) and Yeoh and Lee (2007) studied the Asian subterranean termite, Coptotermes gestroi (Wasmann) but no studies have yet been reported for Formosan subterranean termites, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki. We employed donor and recipient model assays to study the mortality of directly exposed termites as well as mortality of unexposed termites as a result of horizontal transfer of toxicants from the exposed ones.…”

Field and Laboratory Evaluations of Chlorantraniliprole as a Termiticide in Southern Arizona

“…Similar results were obtained by Saran et al (2011) in a tunneling bioassay with the eastern subterranean termite (Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar)), even with concentrations as low as 10 ppm. Another study reported that chlorantraniliprole prevented tunneling and greatly increased mortality of eastern subterranean termites in tunneling bioassays at 705 d after application (Spomer and Kamble 2011).…”

“…In this sense, H. aureus seem to be more susceptible than R. flavipes, as the termites of the latter species have been shown to do some tunneling (between 1 and 2 cm) in recently treated soils (Spomer and Kamble 2011). If the movement of H. aureus is impaired after exposure, this might prevent H. aureus individuals exposed to soil from transferring the termiticide to other termite workers.…”

Systemic Insecticides Reduce Feeding, Survival, and Fecundity of Adult Black Vine Weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on a Variety of Ornamental Nursery Crops

“…It has also shown evidence of excellent control on insects of other orders such as Diptera [Tephritidae (Teixeira et al 2008), Tipulidae (Peck et al 2008), and Agromyzidae (Conroy et al 2008)]; Coleoptera [Chrysomelidae (Tang et al 2009), Curculionidae (Reding & Ranger 2011), and Scarabaeidae (Koppenhöfer & Fuzy 2008)]; Homopterans [Delphacidae (Wang et al 2009) and Pseudococcidae (Dhawan et al 2008)]; and Isoptera [Rhinotermitidae (Spomer & Kamble 2011)]. In addition, chlorantraniliprole has exhibited activity against whitefly populations (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) in laboratory and in the field as well as suppression of transmission of the begomovirus TYLCV Schuster et al 2008).…”