Susan C. Jones

* e-mail: jones.1800@osu.edu
* s-mail: 102 Extension Entomology Building, 1991 Kenny Rd., The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1000
* phone:  (614) 292-2752
* fax:  (614) 292-9783

* Assistant Professor
* Urban Entomologist
* Ph.D. (1987), University of Arizona

My extension (70%) and research (30%) program focuses on household and structural arthropod pests. My extension work involves outreach to Ohioans regarding urban pests. I emphasize integrated pest management strategies. I am developing seasonal graphs of insect occurrence in Ohio. I also am developing an outreach effort regarding head lice prevention and control. My research program focuses on subterranean termites and includes both basic and applied approaches. The Midwestern termite fauna has yet to be systematically studied, so we are initiating a comprehensive termite survey throughout Ohio, with associated field studies of seasonal foraging activity and swarming behavior. I am conducting research on baits and soil termiticides. Ongoing projects in the Grand Canyon of Arizona, as well as in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, currently focus on surveys of the termite fauna, with descriptions of new species.  

Most of my non-work activities revolve around my two little boys. Personal interests include hiking, camping, and white-water canoeing/rafting.

Graduate Student Advisee:

* Kyle K. Jordan

Graduate Research Assistant:

* Nicola T. Gallagher

Selected Publications:  

Gold, Roger E., and Susan C. Jones [eds.]. 2000. Handbook of household and structural
insect pests. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD.

Jones, Susan C., and Michael Lenz. 1996. Fenoxycarb-induced differentiation and
mortality in Coptotermes formosanus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Journal of Economic Entomology 89: 906-914.

Jones, Susan C., Christine A. Nalepa, Elizabeth A. McMahan, and Juan A. Torres. 1995.
Survey and ecological studies of the termites (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) of Mona Island. Florida Entomologist 78: 305-313.

Beal, Raymond H., Joe K. Mauldin, and Susan C. Jones. 1994. Subterranean termites-
their prevention and control in buildings. Home and Garden Bulletin No. 64 (revised), U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service. Washington, DC. 36 p.

Jones, Susan C. 1993. Effect of a decay fungus on subterranean termite response to bait toxicant treated wood, pp. 199-206. In K. B. Widley and W. H. Robinson [eds.], Proceedings of the First International Conference on Insect Pests in the Urban Environment, 30 June-3 July 1993, Cambridge, England. BPCC Wheatons Ltd., Exeter, U.K.

Jones, Susan C. 1993. Field observations of intercolony aggression and territory changes in Heterotermes aureus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 6: 225-236.

Jones, Susan C., and Michael W. Trosset. 1991. Interference competition in desert subterranean termites. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 61: 83-90.

Jones, Susan C. 1991. Field evaluation of boron as a bait toxicant for control of
Heterotermes aureus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Sociobiology 19: 187-210.

Nalepa, Christine A., and Susan C. Jones. 1991.Evolution of monogamy in termites.
Biological Reviews 66: 83-97. 

Jones, Susan C. 1990. Delineation of Heterotermes aureus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) foraging territories in a Sonoran Desert grassland. Environmental Entomology 19: 1047-1054.

Jones, Susan C. 1990. Colony size of the desert subterranean termite Heterotermes 
aureus (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae). Southwestern Naturalist 35: 285-291.

Jones, Susan C. 1990. Effects of population density on tunneling by Formosan
subterranean termite (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae) through treated soil. Journal of Economic Entomology 83: 875-878.

Nutting, William L., and Susan C. Jones. 1990. Methods for studying the ecology of 
subterranean termites. Sociobiology 17: 167-189.

Jones, Susan C., and William L. Nutting. 1989. Foraging ecology of subterranean termites in the Sonoran Desert, pp. 79-106. In Justin O. Schmidt [ed.], Special biotic relationships in the arid Southwest. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque.