Acknowledgements:
This manual was modified from Virginia Cooperative Extension Service’s Management of Wood-Destroying Organisms, Pub. 456-222 by Dini Miller and Jim May. This manual was also adapted from the Kansas Cooperative Extension Service, Kansas State University; the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, Texas A&M manuals and applicator training programs; PB1344, Controlling Subterranean Insects, The University of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service; and A Guide to the Inspection of Existing Homes for Wood-Inhabiting Fungi and Insects by Michael P. Levy, North Carolina State University. We are indebted to Rudi Scheffrahn, University of Florida, for providing many of the termite images used in this manual. Charles Pless and Greg Schweiger deserve special recognition, in addition to writing text and formatting, respectively, they have provided many of the wood-destroying beetle, bee and ant images.
Barbara Thorne and the Natural Pest Management Association provided us with a digital image of the termite life cycle. Dan Moreland editor of PCT Field Guide for the Management of Structure-Invading Ants and PCT Field Guide for the Management of Structure-Invading Beetles; published by Franzah and Foster Co., gave us permission to use several ant and beetle images. We thank them for making this manual more complete.
Reviewers
Review of this manual required a great deal of time and we thank the following individuals for their contributions to its success and credibility:
Eddie Howard (Tennessee Pest Control Association); Kathy Booker, Phil Hurst and David Newbill (Tennessee Department of Agriculture); Wanda Russell (The University of Tennessee); and Ron Schwalb (Nisus Corporation). |
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