Abstract: A pellet dispenser wherein pellets are loaded into a cylindrical cap having a centrally-located tube. The tube contains a guide and a flange end. The dispenser includes a base having an inclined skirt bounded by an external flange with a post to be inserted into the tube. The post is provided with a circumferential shoulder and a guideway. Insertion of the post into the tube orients the cap and base and permits relative rotation. The assembled dispenser is inverted for use.

Abstract: A dispenser for stored rodenticide pellets wherein the pellets are contained within a cylindrical cap which is maintained in contact with a base. The base includes an inclined skirt bounded by an external flange. The cap is raised on a central post to enable the pellets to move down the inclined base and rest adjacent the flange. The pellets are then available to rodents while being retained on the dispenser by the flange. The cap can be lowered to close the dispenser to deny access to remaining stored pellets.

Abstract: An insect trap of the type utilizing a container beneath an entry element. Tile container is provided with an attractant liquid and the emitted odor induces insects to enter openings in the entry element. The entry element is provided with concave baffles to enhance the dissemination of attractant odors from the container. The container is preferably a bag secured to the entry element and depends therefrom in a manner which reduces the likelihood of escape by entrapped insects.

Abstract: A container for granular insecticide having a central chamber with a narrow rectangular cross sectional area. A multiplicity of rectangular slots are formed in rows and columns in the chamber to provide access to the insecticide and also enhance its attractantcy properties. The slots are dimensioned to contain the granular material while permitting access thereto by the feeding parts of the insects.

Abstract: An insect trap is disclosed which includes a double-cone structure having a receiving chamber for an attractive composition with a tapered surface and a retaining chamber for placement thereon. A conical indentation formed in the bottom of the retaining chamber provides a tapered surface which is spaced from that of the receiving chamber thus forming the first cone. The central portion of the indentation provides the second cone which is light-transmissive and has a central opening. The tapered surfaces of the chambers are opaque. An insect passageway is formed in the receiving chamber and communicates with the central opening. Thus, an insect entering the chamber through the tapered surfaces experiences light from above through the second cone and is drawn upward through the central opening into the retaining chamber where it is trapped.

Abstract: Novel attractant composition for use with synanthropic flies which includes indole and skatole, a pheromone, trimethylamine hydrochloride, and a suitable carrier.

Abstract: A disposable rodent trap is fabricated in the form of a generally wedge-shaped enclosure from a single blank of pliable, bendable material. The right triangular ends each have an access opening formed through them at the corner adjacent the base. The back side wall is hinged at the top with the cover portion of the wedge and is bent inwardly to terminate in a moveable floor which has a transverse dimension less than the width of the main base of the trap. The moveable floor has a coating of adhesive material on it for trapping rodents. A provision is made for pulling the moveable floor toward the narrow interior portion of the wedge after a rodent is trapped to move the moveable floor and the back side wall to a position where the side wall is forward of the openings in the end walls for disposal of the trap and the rodent entrapped therein.

Abstract: A non-poisonous flea trapping collar for dogs and cats is in the form of a collar or collar attachment member having dark recesses in it. The recesses are coated with or contain a sticky substance which traps and holds any fleas entering them. Fleas are thereby trapped and killed without endangering the pets on which the collar is used, and without subjecting persons coming in contact with the pet to harmful poisons.

Abstract: A low-cost, environmentally safe rodent trap is disclosed composed generally of a pair of coaxial telescoping cylinders including an internally actuated trigger mechanism which supports one of the cylinders at an elevated height within the other cylinder. Upon reaching the bottom of the elevated cylinder, the weight of the rodent actuates the trigger mechanism, causing the elevated cylinder to fall whereby a cap attached to the upper end of the elevated cylinder sealingly engages the other cylinder to suffocate the rodent. The cylinders are housed within a box-like platform which provides easy ingress of the rodent to the trap, ensures stability during operation, prevents viewing of the rodent carcass, and provides for marketing of the trap without additional packaging material.

Abstract: A trap particularly designed for snails and slugs is provided which includes a housing having multiple doorways to permit ready entry by the snails and slugs, which doorways are closable to permit easy disposal and shipment. The housing has a cover which provides an overhang over the doorways so as to prevent water entry from sprinklers or rain as well as to provide an inviting hiding place for snails and slugs. A pesticide is disposed in the housing as well as a dry bait attractant, the latter of which is activated by water from a water reservoir provided in the cover.