Abstract: An insect trap contains a liquid insect attractant which is fully enclosed so that the trap may be shipped without spillage or loss. The trap includes an enclosure which provides a funnel shaped portion terminating in a substantially translucent nipple. The insect trap may be commissioned into service by piercing the nipple thereby creating an inlet into the interior chamber through which insects will be drawn by the liquid attractant. The nipple is formed by a thermal process so that the walls of the inlet are drawn thin creating translucent walls which form a bright spot of light larger than the inlet's opening, thereby making it difficult for trapped insects to find the opening and gain freedom. Except for the terminal portions of the inlet, the enclosure is substantially opaque so that the contents of the insect trap are not visible to the public.

Abstract: An insect trap is made by cutting and folding blanks of a pliable material. The insect trap is comprised of two pieces: a multifaceted, hollow chamber and a tubular inlet. The chamber is made from a blank of cardboard having tabs and slits which can be folded and the tabs inserted into the slits to form, in a preferred embodiment, a frustum of a hollow, pyramid having a port at a truncated apex. The port is open to the hollow interior. The tubular inlet is made from a blank cut from paper having an adhesive side and folded in a revolute manner to form a shape of a frustum of a tubular pyramid that has a plurality of tongues extending outward from an open base of the pyramid. The insect trap is assembled by inserting the inlet into the port of the multifaceted chamber and pressing the adhesive side of the tongues down against the facets of the chamber thereby joining the facets together.