Abstract: An insect bait assembly (10) for retaining a volume of insect bait (16) which includes an elongate support body (12) having spaced ends (26, 28), an upper surface (22) and a lower surface (24), and a reservoir (14) monolithically formed with the support body (12). The reservoir (14) has a peripheral wall (34) extending upwardly from the upper surface (22) of the support body (12) and substantially surrounding and defining an interior cavity (36) for holding the volume of insect bait (16). The support body (12) has a reinforced region (58) configured for strengthening the support body (12) and resisting bending of the support body (12) proximate the reservoir (14).

Abstract: An insect bait station comprising a base, a plurality of containers to hold insect bait, meshed siding to allow easy insect penetration, a cap to enclose the device, and a threaded tube with a fastener to secure the cap to the base.

Abstract: A decorative beer dispenser with a weighted base and storage vessel constructed of a single piece of blow molded beer impervious material in a decorative shape defining a base compartment, and a reservoir compartment; said base having a top defining a shallow drip reservoir filled with beer to attract snails, slugs, and the like to ingest beer and be killed; and said reservoir compartment structured to store and continuously deliver beer into the drip reservoir.

Abstract: A device composed of a housing assembly having a passage or channels which form a passage when the housing assembly is in its closed position. The inner surface of the passage is treated with an appropriate insecticide in powder, dust or slurry form which will adhere to the passage wall surface. The passage of the housing assembly has an outer diameter of at least about 0.6 cm. The passage is dark. In a preferred embodiment, the passageway is arcuate and the passage walls are scored or ridged.

Abstract: A liquid delivery bait station having two reservoirs and two fluid transfer systems to allow for sequential delivery of two liquids. The liquids are preferably an insect bait-only formulation which is first delivered into an absorbent feeding pad and an insect bait-toxicant formulation which is next delivered to the absorbent pad. This sequential delivery allows flying insects such as yellowjackets to be trained to the station by the bait formulation before they are exposed to the bait-toxicant formulations.

Abstract: A vegetation barrier includes a water permeable container. The container includes salt.

Abstract: A solar powered ant terminator comprising a pan with an upper edge and a planar lower surface and side walls therebetween adapted to be set on the ground adjacent to a colony of ants, a motor secured with respect to the upper surface of the pan with an output shaft for providing a rotational motion, a cam secured to the output shaft adapted to be rotated upon the activation of the motor, a striker plate secured to one upper edge of the pan adjacent to the rotating cam which functions to induce a vibrational motion to the pan, a solar panel device adapted to convert the energy from the sun into electrical energy for powering the motor and an elongated electrical line coupling the solar panel device and the motor.

Abstract: An integrally molded plastic rodenticide dispenser has a base with a floor from which exterior sidewalls extend upwardly. A lid is joined to the base by an integral hinge. The lid is pivotal about the hinge to selectively cover and uncover the base. A passageway for pests, in particular rodents such as rats, is formed within the interior volume of the covered base by two converging barriers, the ends of which are spaced from one another to define a rodent feeding trough. Each barrier is comprised of two segments: a base barrier segment which is integrally formed with the base and extends upwardly from the base floor a distance less than the height of the base sidewalls, and a lid barrier segment which is integrally formed with the lid and which protrudes from the lid. The lid barrier segment is aligned with the base barrier segment when the lid covers the base to define a barrier across a portion of the base to block the passage of pests through the barrier.

Abstract: A rodent bait station for the eradication of rats, mice and other rodents and vermin, which is safe for use around children, pets and other non-target species. The bait station includes an outer housing and an inner housing slidably movable with respect to the outer housing. The inner housing is movable between open, closed, and extended positions. When the inner housing is in the extended position, poisonous bait can be loaded into the bait station. When the inner housing is in the open position, rodents can access the poisonous bait located in the bait station. When the inner housing is in the closed position, the poisonous bait is substantially sealed within the bait station. The inner housing automatically moves from the open position to the closed position in response to being lifted off a supporting surface, thereby preventing the exposure of the poisonous bait to non-target species.

Abstract: A infection chamber for control and extermination of insects, including roaches, flying insects such as the housefly, and other insects such as the adult form of the corn rootworm by infection of the insects with a fungus that can be pathogenic when administered to the insects in a sufficiently high concentration. The chamber maintains the spores of a fungus pathogenic to the insects in a viable form, protecting the fungi from the environment (including rain, ultraviolet light and the wind), serves as an attractant for the insects, and serves to inoculate the insects with high numbers of spores. Although the primary means of infection is by external contact, the insects may also be infected by contact with each other and by ingestion of the spores. The two most preferred entomopathogenic fungi are Metarhizium anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana, although other fungi can be used which are pathogenic when the insect is inoculated via the infection chamber.

Abstract: A bait station comprises a base having first and second side walls connected together along a corner and extending preferably at about a 90.degree. angle to one another, and a cover secured to the side walls to form a triangular unit. A pair of mutually-facing, C-shaped projections extend into the interior chamber of the bait station from the corner between the side walls at an angle of 45.degree. to each side wall. (In one embodiment, top projections extend downwardly from the cover adjacent the base projections.) A bait material is positioned in the station between the C-shaped base projections. The bait station is advantageously positioned on a surface adjacent a wall, and insects and the like crawling along the wall are directed into the station and to the bait. The design of the bait station makes it useful with either of the side walls placed as the bottom of the unit.

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: A point source insect control device which comprises a frangible container poorly permeable to gases and liquids containing a liquid insecticidal substance capable of translocation; a sheet of absorbent material at least one portion of which at least partially surrounds or is in close proximity with the container, and an enclosure for the container and absorbent sheet which bears multiple perforations or apertures sufficient to allow translocation of the insecticidal substances once the frangible container is ruptured.

Abstract: A special stake-supported device preferably configured in one-piece of extruded-plastic material which, when mounted in the ground has an inverted J-shape. The portion remaining above ground, thereby forming a overhanging cantilevered-roof protective of an attractive molluscicide-substance, or bait where the cozy shaded overhang recess also acts to attract the snail out of the sun. Access to the bait for replacement purposes is provided by openings in the lateral edges of the portion remaining above ground. Liquid molluscicide bait can also be used to impregnate a fibrous material which is then mounted in upper portion. Further, flanges can also be positioned within the upper portion to provide a surface for mounting bait or bait impregnated fibrous material.

Abstract: A device for diffusing chemical animal repellent, comprising a container having a ground engaging pin, a sloping cover, and orifices permitting diffusion of chemical animal repellent in the container to the outside atmosphere.

Abstract: A pesticidal barrier, which may be used as a liner for a building excavation to protect the building to be constructed from infestation by termites and other insect pests, takes the form of a flexible membrane. The membrane comprises an assembly of fibers or filaments. The assembly has an average void volume of less than 85% when measured under a pressure of 10 kPa (1.45 psi). The fibers in the assembly have an average fiber size of less than 6 denier. The assembly integrally incorporates within its structure, or has above or below its structure, an array or network of connected permeable-walled tubes, so that an insecticide may be delivered to all parts of the membrane, particularly after the barrier has been installed at a building site.

Abstract: Biocontrol agents are disseminated for the control of pests using a device which directs a flying insect through a biocontrol agent and out of the device. The device provides separate entry and exit openings which allow the surface contaminated insect to ultimately lethally infect the F.sub.1 larvae.

Abstract: A trap for the extermination of insects and particularly of may-flies (olive fly, domestic fly, cherry fly and Mediterannean fly) comprising a trap bag with an insecticide soaked surface, containing a water or water solution with insect attracting substances, insects being killed as they fall upon the toxic surface of this trap bag. The materials used in manufacturing this trap are such as to allow a slow, continuous and controlled evaporation of the substances contained therein, the service life of the trap bag being extended by periodically adding a water solution of the insect attracting substances.

Abstract: An apparatus for storing a bait which contains an insecticidal ingredient is disclosed. The apparatus includes a flat seat having a hollow cylinder centrally fixed to the flat seat. A cover member rotatably caps the hollow cylinder. The cover member has a flange and a hook ring member depending from the lower face of the flange. The hook ring member retains a radial projection which is formed on the external surface of the hollow cylinder. The cover member has a plurality of openings or notches and the hollow cylinder has a plurality of holes. The holes and the openings can be registered with one another when the cover member is rotated to a predetermined position with respect to the flat seat.

Abstract: A system for termite detection and control is provided by a subterranean bait station having a perforated outer housing permanently implanted in the terrain below ground level, and a perforated cartridge removably received within the housing. The openings in the housing and the cartridge are in alignment with each other when the cartridge is fully received within the housing in its operational position. The cartridge received within the housing will initially contain a non-toxic bait material for diagnosing or assessing the level of a termite infestation; the bait cartridge is periodically removed from the housing to inspect for termite activity. If termite activity is detected, the non-toxic bait cartridge is replaced in the housing with a correspondingly perforated pesticide-containing bait cartridge for extermination of termites.

Abstract: A convenient, economical, non-toxic and effective apparatus for the control of roaches by administration of entomopathogenic fungi to the cockroaches. The roaches are exposed to the fungi in a contamination chamber having openings through which the cockroaches enter and come in contact with a living culture of a fungus which is pathogenic to cockroaches. The fungal spores attach to the roach, germinate and penetrate into the body of the cockroach, resulting in the death of the infected roach. Death takes approximately two to three weeks after contact with the culture. During this time, the infected roach disseminates spores of the pathogenic fungus throughout the infested areas which may subsequently infect other roaches. Given the proper environmental conditions, the fungus sporulates on the cadaver of the roach and the conidia can be transmitted to other cockroaches, resulting in a further spread of the disease.

Abstract: Use of porous solids having a multiplicity of external and internal openings as harborages for crawling animals. The harborages are readily fabricated and are extremely attractive to crawling insects such as cockroaches and ants and to small crawling mammals such as rats, mice and hamsters. The harborages are particularly effective as traps for the control of insect and rodent pests and as habitats for pet rodents.

Abstract: A vermin barrier comprises a vertically extending support member having a substantially planar exterior surface adapted for receipt adjacent a parallel surface. A shield member extends from the planar member such that the shield member and the planar member together define an interior region. A pesticide is disposed within said interior region such that a route of travel barrier and vapor head are created for deterring vermin from entering the interior region.

Abstract: A bait station of the invention includes a container having an opening permitting a target pest to enter and exit, an internal chamber for storing a bait together with a pesticide, a lid which can be opened to permit direct access to the internal chamber, and three manually-releasable locking mechanisms capable of securing the lid to the container. The locking mechanisms are simultaneously actuated in order to release the lid from the container, and are spaced from each other by a distance sufficient to prevent a child from opening two of the locking mechanisms with one hand and the third with the other hand, but close enough to permit an adult to do so. The user must touch all three mechanisms and lift the lid at the same time to open the lid.

Abstract: An insect feeding station having a translucent cover of material having at least 50 percent selective wavelength transmittance of greater than about 600 nm to view the poison area and to increase insect feeding and not interfere with the feeding of nocturnal insects, particularly cockroaches, and a method for increasing insect feeding under lit conditions wherein said translucent cover is attached to a bait feeding station and placing said feeding station in the habitat of a feed insect.

Abstract: Aqueous based compositions for eradicating insects comprise an insecticide, such as pyrethroid and a carrier therefor wherein the carrier is in the form of an aqueous dispersion comprising starch in an amount sufficient to provide a releasable powder-like coating of the starch and insecticide on an insect controlling device, such as a paperboard insect trap. The aqueous insecticides may be applied by printing on paper, paperboard, plastic film or textiles by means employed in the corrugated paperboard industry, but may also be applied using gluing machinery, and particularly in smaller runs on modified mimeograph type duplicating equipment with a colorant. The latter printing method provides for the uniform application of insecticide onto a substrate to deliver a predetermined amount of active ingredient.

Abstract: A perch tube is orthogonally mounted relative to a mounting plate in an orthogonal relationship, wherein the perch tube includes a grease reservoir directed therethrough. The reservoir is in fluid communication with an exterior surface of the perch tube employing a plurality of rows of outlet ports, wherein each row is displaced at an acute included angle relative to a vertical plane directed through the perch tube. The grease is directed through the outlet ports and directed onto a bird's feet repelling the bird and discouraging further alighting onto the associated perch tube and perch tube area.

Abstract: A pesticide device holder for railroad cars has a frame resting in a hatch coaming. The frame has a gas-permeable underside support sheet and an impervious upper membrane. Pesticide devices, such as fumigant packages, rest between the support sheet and membrane. A separator is provided to prevent contact between the fumigant packages.

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 bait station comprising a first compartment with a hydrated macel containing at least one species of entomopathogen and a second compartment containing a hydrated water retentive compound layer which acts as a water-reservoir for the entomopathogen.

Abstract: A pesticidal blanket, which may be used as a liner for a building excavation to protect the building to be constructed from infestation by termites and other insect pests, takes the form of a foraminous, fibrous membrane. The membrane comprises an assembly of fibers or filaments. The assembly has an average void volume of less than 85% when measured under a pressure of 10 kPa (1.45 psi). The fibers in the assembly have an average fiber size of less than 6 denier, and are coated with an insecticidal substance when the pesticidal blanket is installed at the building site.

Abstract: A special stake like device preferably configured in one-piece of extruded-plastic material substantially in the form of an inverted J-shape. The inverted J-shaped portion remaining above ground, thereby forming a simple manner of cantilevered-awning protective of a poisonous substance held thereunder. The function being to provide an attractive molluscicide substance under the overhanging awning formation, where an attractive cozy shade recess serves to lure the snail out of the sun. The invention being essentially based upon the notion that once the snail has partaken of the fatal bait-substance, there is actually no need of further entrapment means for effective extermination, thus a device of minimal size is attained. The device may be economically extruded with a single or double sided awning, while an alternate generic variant injection-molded umbrella like embodiment is also set forth.

Abstract: A crawling insect trap comprising a tube and perforated wicks. The wick contains one or more bioactive compounds, among which may be poisons, attractants and birth control agents. The outer surface of the tube is coated with an unpalatable agent to deter children and animals from eating the trap. The trap is color coded to allow rotation of active agents. An adhesive strip is provided to facilitate placement of the trap.

Abstract: A bait station device for the control of ants, especially of Pharaoh's or Sugar Ant.

Abstract: An aqueous formulation for the control of social insects, especially wasps, and a method for its use. The formulation contains insect attracting ingredients and a toxicant in water. The toxicant is a hemisalt preparation of a perfluoroalkane sulfonic acid which is partially neutralized to a pH of between 2.8 and 6.5.

Abstract: A poison dispenser for fire ants and other small insects comprising a base adapted to be staked to the ground in an infested area, and a roof supported on the base. The roof extends down over the base almost to the ground to define a narrow space around the perimeter of the trap to enable ants and other insects to enter the enclosure. The roof is supported by an upstanding tubular member mounted on the base, and having openings at its lower end. A quantity of poison bait is placed within the tubular member. The poison dispenser of the invention protects the bait from the weather, and it also eliminates the need to cover wide exposed areas with the bait, or to locate the ant hills, or to dispense poison on the individual ant hills. In addition, the poison dispenser isolates the bait from children, cats, dogs, birds and the like.

Abstract: This invention concerns a device for killing insects consisting essentially of (i) a toxin-containing element, and (ii) a mesh covering for the toxin-containing element of (i) to protect nontarget organisms from contact with the toxin, the toxin-containing element comprising about 50% to 78% of the surface area and the mesh covering comprising about 22% to 50%; and a method for killing insects by exposing them to contact with the described device.

Abstract: An insect barrier and deterrent device for preventing crawling insects from obtaining access to the contents of a food or water containing structure or a food preparation surface from the adjacent ground, floor, or other support surface. One embodiment of the barrier includes an insecticide-charged spongy member disposed under a protective cover. The spongy member according to one embodiment is retained on a support member. The cover may be removably disposed over the spongy member. Another embodiment of the spongy member is affixed to the underside of a flange around the upper outer edge of a pet dish or the like, within a downwardly extending lip on the flange. Another embodiment of the invention includes a slick member of a suitable plastic or other substance in place of the charged spongy member. Another embodiment of the invention includes a protective cover with a downwardly extending lip around its outer peripheral edge and an anchor stake affixed to its underside near its center.

Abstract: A bait box 1 for pest control comprises an elongate, tube like container defined by a base 3, side walls 4, end walls 5 and a lid 7, with inlet/outlet apertures 14 provided in each end wall 5, with a bait holder 19 located within the box interior 6, and secured thereto, and with lockable or latchable access means 6 to the box interior.

Abstract: An insecticidal bait container with one or more side openings, in which a dumpling-shaped lump of insecticidal bait is accommodated so as to kill a cockroach which comes through the openings and ingests the insecticidal bait.

Abstract: Insect traps, placeable under the pad of a pet bed, include a housing assembly having a hollow interior, a removable top secured to the housing assembly, and a top having a plurality of openings sized for passage of insects such as fleas and ticks and their eggs therethrough and into the hollow interior. The housing assembly also includes a plurality of top supports attached to the bottom and contacting the top. An adhesive trapping medium is present on the bottom of the housing assembly for trapping the insects. An insect attracting means such as an air oxidizable, self-contained, exothermic composition is contained within the hollow interior of the housing assembly and serves as a long-lasting heat source.

Abstract: A game luring device includes a container mounting a liquid absorbent wick therewithin wherein the wick includes a central rigid core upon which the wick is secured with the core extending above the wick coaxially thereof and mounted within inverted conical plug. The plug includes a hook member for positioning of the organization with a support such as a tree limb and the like. A game luring liquid is directed within the container and directed from the wick upwardly whereupon positioning of the wick above the container the game luring scent is distributed by airborne currents. Modifications of the invention include a matrix of projecting wick legs mounted to and extending beyond the central wick core to enhance airborne distribution of the game luring scent contained within the container member.

Abstract: An insect feeding station have a central poison area, guide and baffle walls leading from the periphery of the station to the central poison area and a cover, optionally having transparent means to view said poison area. When the cover is transparent, or a portion or sections, thereof is transparent, the poison compartment may have a contrasting a luminous color under the poison to make removal of poison easily detectable.

Abstract: This invention concerns a device for killing insects consisting essentially of a toxin-containing target element, an optional mesh covering for the toxin-containing element to protect nontarget organisms from contact with the toxin, and a reservoir that is movable relative to the target and cooperating with it to store dead insects; and a method for killing insects comprising exposing them to the described device.

Abstract: A multi-edged rodent bait unit is disclosed having a quantity of rodent meal and rodenticide formed into an extended article having planar front and rear faces. The article has a substantially constant cross section along its length and has four sides perpendicular to the front and rear faces. At least one side has portions defining a V-shaped groove. The walls of the groove meet the faces of the side at angle of less than 150 degrees to form linear edges which are easily gnawed by a rodent. A preferred form of the bait unit has a single groove on each side of the bait unit. A second preferred form has two grooves on each side, and a third preferred form has alternating grooves and ribs. The bait unit of this invention is formed by mixing a rodenticide with rotent meal at room temperature and adding liquid paraffin at approximately 145 degrees Fahrenheit to the mixture and blending the paraffin into the mixture to form a die homogeneous mass.

Abstract: A support with a shielded barrier container for holding material repellant to crawling creatures (ants, animals, insects, scorpions, etc.) and a consumables support with one or more barrier containers for impeding the movement of ants or other crawling creatures up a column or pedestal of the support to consumables on a tray on top of the support, the barrier container or containers containing repellant material that repels the ants or crawling creatures. In one embodiment in which there are two or more barrier containers, they may be in fluid intercommunication or not. A shield may be provided for shielding a top opening of a barrier container or for holding fumes or vapors emitted from repellant material in a barrier container.

Abstract: A generally rectangular-shaped enclosure with an interior diagonal divider provides dual triangular-shaped chambers which when coated with a contact poison offers an especially effective means for reducing populations of triatomids, such as Rhodnius prolixus, the principal assassin bug responsible for transmitting deadly Chagas' disease.

Abstract: A bait station (10) used in the reduction of pest populations is polygonal, having a first wall (14) that is straight and adapted to fit against a room wall, a second wall (16) with two portions at right angles adapted to fit in a room corner, two threshold portions (20,22) extending between the first wall (14) and the second wall (16), and third wall portions (18) oriented in a direction parallel to adjacent portions of the second wall (16) to define a right-angle passageway (34) between the second wall (16) and the third wall portions (18) and a bait containment chamber (40) between the first wall (14) and the third wall portions (18). The threshold portions (20,22) have pest access entrances (36,38) leading to passageway (34). An opening (40) to the bait containment chamber (32) is formed at the bend in the passageway (34). The passageway (34) makes the pest comfortable by providing a sense of easy access and retreat.

Abstract: A rodent poison dispenser is constructed of a housing preferably having a pair of openings spaced from each other at the bottom of the housing and providing a pathway for a rodent between said openings. Along said pathway and easily accessible therefrom by a rodent is a first feeding trough for a dry poison food and a separate second feeding trough for a liquid poison. Means are provided to dispense into each trough and to maintain at an attractive level for rodent feeding, the type of poison substance carried in the trough. The housing may be secured to a structure on the ground and locked to prevent undesired access or tampering.

Abstract: A bait station for the control of insects, especially roaches, that has a reservoir portion for holding a liquid bait-toxicant formulation which fits into a base structure. The base structure has around its circumference a ramped structure that defines a central well area. Rising from the ramped structure are a plurality of support walls which both support the reservoir portion and define access openings to the central well area. The bait-toxicant formulation is controllably released from the reservoir into the central well area.