Search Results for: Incisitermes minor

Drywood termite colony. PHOTO: DONG-HWAN CHOE/UCR

A new tool for Drywood Termites: How bistrifluron blocks exoskeleton formation

Published on October 31, 2025

Localized, or spot, treatments for drywood termites (Incisitermes minor) have become an increasingly popular alternative to whole-structure fumigation. One promising...

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UC Riverside study: Chemical blocks drywood termite exoskeleton formation

Published on May 8, 2025

By Joey Ciccolini

New research from the Riverside branch of the University of California (UC Riverside) finds that a chemical can prevent Drywood...

Photo: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

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Western drywoods love pinene scent, study says

Published on June 3, 2024

By Heather Gooch

Without pinene, there was about 70 percent mortality. With pinene, there was more than 95 percent mortality.

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Treating for drywood termites

Published on July 20, 2021

By Dr. Reid Ipser

Do not be fooled into thinking things like how a western drywood termite (Incisitermes minor) would never exist in New...