Some observation on termite population
Some observation on termite population
Hanif Gul
ABSTRACT
In order to attract termites and monitor their population for study of their ecological behavior, field experiments were laid out at various locations at Peshawar and Islamabad in the sub-mountainous zone and at Lahore and Changa Manga in the Indus Basin Plains.
Experimental sites were selected after confirming the termite activity areas. At Peshawar population monitoring trials revealed that colonies of Heterotermes indicola (Wasmann) (Rhinotermitidae) and Odontotermes obesus (Rambur) Termitidae are present at the Pakistan Forest Institute and each monitored colony comprised of 1989 to 2219 workers and soldiers at one spot. At another spot at Pakistan Forest Institute, Peshawar 3 - distinct colonies of Odontotermes lokanadi were monitored comprising 4500 workers and soldiers each. At spot 3 at Pakistan Forest Institute campus, two colonies of Odontotermes obhesus (Rambur) Termitidae were monitored from which a total of 11,126 workers and soldiers were collected. At Islamabad one termite colony of Odontotermes hori (Roonwal) and (Chhtani) gave a total of 3806 workers and soldiers during the monitoring period. Similarly at Rawalpindi a colony of Odontotermes lokanandi (Chatterjee) and (Thakur) Termitidae gave a population of 14,050 termites. At Islamic Research Centre, Lahore a colony of Odontotermes obesus (Rambur) gave a population of 15,408 termites throughout the trial period.
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March 1996
Vol. 46, Iss. 1
