A Vacuum-Aspirator for Counting Termites

Susan C. Jones; Joe K. Mauldin

doi:10.2737/SO-RN-300

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A Vacuum-Aspirator for Counting Termites

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Authors:

Susan C. Jones, Joe K. Mauldin

Year:

1983

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-RN-300

Source:

Res. Note SO-300. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 2 p.

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Abstract

An aspirator-system powered by a vacuum cleaner is described for manually counting termites. It is significantly faster and termite survival is at least as high as when using a mouth-aspirator for counting large numbers of termites.

Keywords

Vacuum-aspirator, termites

Citation

Jones, Susan C.; Mauldin, Joe K. 1983. A Vacuum-Aspirator for Counting Termites. Res. Note SO-300. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 2 p.