Research in the Structural Pest Management program focuses on the behavior, biology,
ecology, and management of insects that commonly invade buildings (e.g., ants and
cockroaches) and destroy wood (e.g., carpenter ants and subterranean termites).
Current research in our laboratory includes studying pavement ant foraging and reproductive behavior,
carpenter ant foraging behavior and monitoring using a datalogger, effect of German and Asian
cockroach tergal gland secretions on mating behavior, and subterranean termite caste differentiation
and colony characteristics.
Current Research Projects in the Urban Center:
Foraging ecology in pharaoh and other common ants
Tergal gland physiology in german cockroaches, and its relationship to basic biology and behavior
Subterranean termite basic biology (species composition, population ecology and territory mapping, and caste differentiation)
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