Development of Incipient Formosan Subterranean Termite1
Colonies in the Field--
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Table 2.—Average depth (cm) of the nursery of C. formosanus and
average soil temperature (°C) and moisture percent in cages
on various sampling dates. New Olreans, La. 1970-71.a, b
Sampling date
Days after
pairing
Nursery
depthc
Soil temperature
Percent moisture in soil at nursery
depth
At nursery
7.5 cm depth
May 22, 1970
13
18.00
25.28
28.06
8.02
June 12
35
14.25
28.33
28.06
16.59
June 29
52
16.25
29.72
29.58
11.09
July 14
67
19.00
26.67
26.35
10.12
July 29
82
15.00
29.73
30.82
6.92
Aug. 11
95
13.75
28.88
29.44
10.42
Aug. 25
109
14.50
28.06
27.78
13.28
Sept. 23
138
14.00
27.22
26.95
11.05
Oct. 30
175
13.50
22.78
23.06
13.46
Dec. 2
207
22.50
19.44
17.78
10.92
Jan. 3, 1971
239
38.00
14.44
15.28
12.68
Feb. 11
278
28.00
13.88
15.84
10.10
Mar. 8
313
8.89
15.70
19.17
12.14
a Colonies established in stakes in
cages paired, 1st-form reproductives. b Figures are averages for two colonies at each sampling
date. c Initially, cavity formed by 1st-form reproductives in
which copulation occured, but later area in which eggs and young larvae
were located.
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