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Defined as a heritable change in the sensitivity of a pest population, insecticide-induced resistance is reflected in repeated failure in attaining the desired control. However, failure to control urban insect-pests like termites is often attributed to insecticide resistance. Treatment failures are often due to differences in toxicity, repellency, speed of intoxication and vapour pressure characteristics of termiticides.
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