LSU Entomologist Gregg Henderson Checks Termite Bait Units

ID: 460 ~ Source: Image Courtesy of the Louisiana Division/City Archives, New Orleans Public Library. ~ Date: 1993

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LSU Entomologist Gregg Henderson Checks Termite Bait Units

Termite bait units are installed to lie flush with the city streets. Here is a view of an entire unit as a scientist checks for signs of termite infestation.

This file appears in: Termites and Historic Preservation

Termites and Historic Preservation

By Alison Laurence, Sarah Waits & University of New Orleans History Department

While termites have lived and thrived in the world for over two hundred million years, the truly destructive subterranean Formosan termites did not arrive in New Orleans until after World War II, probably on a ship traveling from Asia. Formosan…