Abstract: A pest control device and a method of deploying the device. The device comprises a housing provided with at least one opening which is closed or sealed by a material arranged to degrade in an environment in which the device is located, thereby allowing eventual access to the interior of the device. The method comprises providing the device with the temporarily sealed or closed opening(s), a pest behavior-modifying agent located in the interior of the device housing, and a feature for causing oscillatory motion of the housing while in free-fall motion. The device is then caused to fall from a height into or on to an area in which pest control is desired.

Abstract: An insecticidal system for killing social insects comprises an insecticide together with a synthetic equivalent, such as 3-octanol, to at least one component of the alarm pheromone of the insect. The system is particularly effective against members of the Acromyrmex, Atta and Solenopsis species.

Abstract: A pest trap which comprises retaining means (9) and one or more members (3) having substantially smooth surfaces mounted above the retaining means, whereby a pest displaced from the smooth surface falls into the retaining means (9). The members with smooth surfaces may comprise rods or spheres which may optionally be coated with electrostatically charged powder.

Abstract: A pesticidal or herbicidal composition in particulate form which comprises composite particles. Each of said particles contains a core of an inert substance having a pesticidal herbicide associated therewith and a coating of an electrically resistive material around the core. The particles may also include a second pesticidal material adhering to the electrically resistive coating. The particles carry an electrostatic charge.

Abstract: Pest control wherein at least part of a pest is exposed to particles which carry an electrostatic charge, preferably of opposite polarity to that of the surface of the pest, and which may be sticky or tacky and comprise a wax, for example, a plant wax, such as, Carnauba wax, or an inorganic material, such as, talc. A pesticide, such as, a chemical or microbial insecticide, or a behavior modifying chemical may be associated with the particles which may also be dispensed in and/or dispersed via a liquid or gaseous carrier, possibly from a pressurized gas or aerosol dispenser at whose nozzle the particles are charged electrostatically by friction. In a preferred embodiment, a trap with a lure (45, 53) has a surface (34), preferably sloping, coated with the particles for destabilizing pests and a trapping zone (41, 43) into which destabilized pests fall from the particle-coated surface (34) and are retained for subsequent disposal.

Abstract: An insect trap device comprising a housing, the housing having an interior which is in communication with the atmosphere outside the device, the housing containing:(i) an insect attractant source;(ii) means for generating an ion wind to facilitate dispersal of the insect attractant source into the atmosphere outside the housing; and(iii) insect retaining means.

Abstract: A method of attracting insects selected from the group consisting of houseflies, mosquitoes and wasps to a particular location, which method comprises placing at the said location a lure containing an effective attractant composition which comprises at least one compound which is a substituted benzenederivative having one or more short side chains, the said compound being volatile at room temperature and having a molecular weight in the range of from 115 to 155.