Abstract: Provided is a cat playing tool expected as an optimum communication tool between cats and people, employing means for optimally producing both of a relaxing effect obtained by an Actinidia polygama powder and an effect of deodorizing bad odor by a deodorant component. A cat playing tool includes a printed layer having an Actinidia polygama powder, a deodorant component, and a binder applied thereto, and is configured so that the above-described printed layer is held by at least one of two sheets (a first sheet and a second sheet) and that the above-described first sheet and the above-described second sheet are joined together at the peripheries thereof so as to form a bag shape holding the above-described printed layer therein.

Abstract: Provided is a technique comprising blowing air onto a carrier having supported thereon a preparation containing a highly safe pesticidal component to vaporize and diffuse the component from the preparation under non-heating conditions thereby to control flying insect pests. An insect pest control method characterized by preparing a preparation-retaining material by supporting on a carrier a preparation containing a pesticidal component which is hard to vaporize at normal temperature, preferably at least one pesticidal component selected from compounds which are hard to vaporize at normal temperature and have a vapor pressure of lower than 1×10−3 mmHg and a boiling point of not lower than 120° C.

Abstract: The present an invention can provide effective and excellent flea catching method and apparatus which can attract and catch fleas living in the life space of human beings at a high efficiency without harming the living environment of human beings. The present invention relates to a flea catching method which comprises emitting from a light source light effective for attracting fleas so that the flea catching zone is irradiated with light from the light source in such a manner that even points apart from the end of a catching means at the maximum moving distance made by one leap of a flea have an illuminance effective for attracting fleas, whereby the fleas thus attracted to the light source can be caught by the catching means.

Abstract: Provided is a technique comprising blowing air onto a carrier having supported thereon a preparation containing a highly safe pesticidal component to vaporize and diffuse the component from the preparation under non-heating conditions thereby to control flying insect pests. An insect pest control method characterized by preparing a preparation-retaining material by supporting on a carrier a preparation containing a pesticidal component which is hard to vaporize at normal temperature, preferably at least one pesticidal component selected from compounds which are hard to vaporize at normal temperature and have a vapor pressure of lower than 1.times.10.sup.-3 mmHg and a boiling point of not lower than 120.degree. C.