Abstract: The assembly of the invention comprises a comb externally disposed at one end of a housing member adjacent an air inlet opening for separating fleas from the outer skin of an animal. A specific embodiment comprises a retrofit kit combination for converting a hand-held battery-powered vacuum cleaner into a flea removal assembly. A comb assembly has a structural configuration effective to fit in registered alignment with the air inlet opening of the vacuum cleaner for separating fleas from the outer skin of an animal. The comb may be coupled in a fixed manner or be removably secured to the outer distal end of the housing member adjacent the air inlet opening.

Abstract: An insect and pest disposal apparatus and method which includes a mounting apparatus which is loaded with an adhesive sheet of material which is used to capture and dispose of an insect. The mounting apparatus has a planar face and a aperture or slit penetrating through the face to the back of the apparatus. The adhesive sheet includes a first bisecting fold and a second and third parallel fold above and below the bisecting fold. The sheet is folded to form a gripping plane and a perpendicular adhesive plane. The gripping plane is inserted through the aperture, with the adhesive plane drawn flush against the mounting assembly face. Upon capturing an insect with the exposed adhesive material, the material sheet is pulled back through the assembly aperture, thereby causing the adhesive faces to fold inwards and seal the insect inside for hygienic disposal.

Abstract: A bug collection apparatus comprising a frame with a handle portion. Extending from the frame is a removable net with an adhesive disposed thereon. In some embodiments, the net also has an insecticide disposed thereon. The net is supported in the frame by a mounting member, which is mounted in a semi-circular portion of the frame. The mounting member is removable from the frame and is held in place by a retaining peg. The apparatus is further adapted to prevent the net from contacting a surface on which it is placed when not in use.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of attracting and trapping insects which includes an elongate strip of trapping material having a sticky substance thereon. In one embodiment, the trapping material provides a tubular trapping area. The trapping material is unwound from a feed roll across feed rollers to a take-up roller. The trapping area is provided between the feed rollers. The supply and feed rollers and take-up rollers may be contained in a cartridge which is disposable. The cartridge can be inserted in a housing having auxiliary components such as electrical components and lighting. The drive motor may be provided for automatically and intermittently advancing the take-up roller such that new sections of trapping material are automatically advanced into the trapping section, thereby maintaining fresh attractant substance exposed to insects.

Abstract: A yellow-colored plate coated with a tacky substance is combined with an animal odor-emanating component and passed over an area infested by fleas or other insect pests. The emanations excite and attract the insects which jump toward the brightly colored plate where they become entrapped into the tacky substance. The apparatus may be used to either determine the nature and extent of the infestation prior to treatment, or to actually clear areas of infestation.

Abstract: A one piece fly or insect catcher 10 with a head portion 13 and a handle 12a, 12b protruding from each of the two outer edges. Adhesive 24 is disposed on the two inside surfaces 16a, 16b of the head portion 13. The insect catcher 10 is a folding unit 10 to enable a dual use. When the unit 10 is in the closed position it can be used for swatting insects 20 or for setting the unit 10 on any surface without the adhesive 24 adhering. In the open position it can be used to catch and retain swarming 20 in flight when waved as an ordinary fan.

Abstract: A yellow-colored plate coated with a tacky substance is mounted above and below the teeth of a rake or between rollers and passed over an area infested by fleas or other insect pests. The vibrations and motion caused by the movement of the teeth or the rollers against the supporting surface excite and attract the insects which jump toward the brightly colored plate where they become entrapped into the tacky substance. The apparatus may be used to either determine the nature and extent of the infestation prior to treatment, or to actually clear areas of infestation.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for monitoring and controlling the papaya fruit fly are described. The novel system is a combination of the male papaya fruit fly sex pheromone, 2-methyl-6-vinyl-pyrazine, and a fruit mimic.

Abstract: The insect pickup device is comprised of a plurality of detachable components including a first elongated head having a triangular cross-sectional configuration, a second elongated head having a rectangular cross-sectional configuration, an elongated handle structure having the first and second heads detachably secured at opposite ends thereof. The handle structure includes a plurality of tubular members and a dowel for interconnecting the tubular members to provide an elongated handle structure.

Abstract: An insect swatter including a frame substantially rectangular in shape having a pole which spans through the frame; a porous sticky sheet attached to the frame for adhesively trapping insects; and a handle integrally formed with the pole of the frame. The frame is provided with a number of first protrusions and the pole is provided with a second protrusion. The porous sticky sheet includes two first holes for two corresponding first protrusions to pass through, two second holes for two sides of the corresponding second protrusion to pass through such that the porous sticky sheet does not contact with the table or any other flat surface even when the insect swatter is horizontally placed on it.

Abstract: An ecology bug catcher for efficiently trapping a bug without killing it includes a hollow tube with a first end and a second end, a catching mechanism for catching a bug, an ejecting mechanism and a triggering mechanism. The catching mechanism has a first position in which it is resiliently biased so that it is normally closed and a second position in which it is held open. The catching mechanism is slidably coupled into the hollow tube at the first end so that the hollow tube holds it in the second position until the catching mechanism is ejected from the hollow tube and returns to the first position. The ejecting mechanism ejects the catching mechanism from the hollow tube. The triggering mechanism releases the catching mechanism. The ejecting mechanism includes a plug, a spring and a connector and ejects the catching mechanism in order to catch a bug. The plug is mechanically coupled to the hollow tube adjacent to the second end.

Abstract: A molluscicidal device in the form of a chemophysical barrier which is placed in the path of molluscs (e.g., between their habitat and an area to be protected from infestation). The device comprises a solid body, typically in the form of a sheet or continuous length strip made of a thermoplastic water-insoluble polymer in which is dispersed a molluscicidal agent. The dimensions of the body, the nature of the agent, and the concentration of the agent on the surface of the body are such as to cause any mollusc that attempts to cross the body to be immobilized, whereby it remains on the body and receives a lethal dose of the agent.

Abstract: A hand-held, manually-operable, portable device is described for capturing insects. The device includes (a) a bellows for creating a vacuum when squeezed, (b) a trap chamber having a nozzle opening to the atmosphere, the trap chamber including an adhesive interior surface, (c) a conduit connected between the bellows and the trap chamber, (d) a screen in the conduit, (e) a valve in the conduit which is movable between open and closed positions, and (f) a trigger to actuate the valve and cause it to open, allowing air to rush through the nozzle and draw an insect into the trap chamber.

Abstract: The invention provides a device to capture living insects and other debris when combing an animal's coat. It consists of a comb with a sheath attached whereby the coat is combed between the sheath and the comb's teeth. On the inside of the sheath is a dimpled structure containing an adhesive within each dimple. As the animal's coat is combed living insects tend to escape the coat and get caught on the adhesive inside one of the dimples. The dimpled structure may be easily removed when filled with insects and replaced with a fresh one.

Abstract: A fly or insect catcher having the appearance of a common fly swatter with a handle and head, which catcher has a sheet of adhesive material disposed on the head and a hingeably attached cover arranged to cover the head when not in use. A quantity of insecticide may be disposed in the cover to aid in killing the insects caught on the adhesive when the cover is closed.

Abstract: This invention relates to an insect and the like pest disposal device designed to attach to the suction extension hose of a suction cleaning machine and to a disposable filter bag that receives and retains such pests for disposal without the necessity of having to physically contact the captured pests during the disposal operation. The device uses no insecticides nor leaves any poisonous residues. A first and second tubular member, each having an extending, elongate portion and aperture therein, cooperatively engage to define a hollow housing member. A tubular, air permeable bag, closed on one end and having an opposite extending, elongate end having an aperture therein is adapted to be received and retained in the hollow housing member to receive and retain objects entering the interior cavity of the hollow housing member.

Abstract: A fly trap gun is provided with a fly trap carried on the end of a firing rod mounted for longitudinal movement within a barrel. The fly trap defines a trap chamber provided with a sticky area throughout a substantial portion thereof for catching flies or the like trapped therein. An actuating means causes the firing rod and the fly trap mounted thereon to move rapidly from a loaded position to a fired position for trapping a flying insect in the trap chamber and for subsequently catching the trapped insect on the sticky surface.

Abstract: The present invention is a water strippable adhesive composition comprising ethylene vinyl acetate or oxidized ethylene vinyl acetate, and polyvinyl alcohol. A preferred composition additionally contains water and an emulsifier. The composition is useful in a method of using a water strippable adhesive, and in a method of trapping insects.

Abstract: There are disclosed methods and compositions for the controlled release of insecticides by using a mixture consisting of (a) a hydrolyzable silane or an organopolysiloxane containing hydrolyzable silane groups or partial hydrolyzates thereof, and (b) a pesticide, e.g., an insecticide.

Abstract: There are disclosed methods and compositions for the controlled release of insecticides by using a mixture consisting of (a) a hydrolyzable silane or an organopolysiloxane containing hydrolyzable silane groups or partial hydrolyzates thereof, (b) a hydrolyzable organic titanium compound or a partial hydrolyzate thereof, and (c) a pesticide, e.g., an insecticide.

Abstract: There are disclosed methods and compositions for the controlled release of insecticides by using a mixture consisting of (a) an organopolysiloxane containing hydroxyl groups or functional groups which are hydrolyzable to hydroxyl groups, (b) a hydrolyzable silane or an organopolysiloxane containing hydrolyzable silane groups or partial hydrolyzates thereof, (c) a hydrolyzable organic titanium compound or a partial hydrolyzate thereof, and (d) a pesticide, e.g., an insecticide.

Abstract: There are disclosed methods and compositions for the controlled release of insecticides by using a mixture consisting of (a) an organopolysiloxane containing hydroxyl groups or functional groups which are hydrolyzable to hydroxyl groups, (b) a hydrolyzable silane or an organopolysiloxane containing hydrolyzable silane groups or a partial hydrolyzate thereof, and (c) a pesticide, e.g., an insecticide.

Abstract: An insect capture device which comprises a transparent, dish-shaped retaining member attached to an elongate handle and having a concavity that removably receives and holds a disposable, transparent insert element. The insert element is provided with an exposed hollow surface, the surface of which is coated with a clear, tacky, non-drying adhesive that captures insects coming into contact therewith. The retaining member and retaining element may be constructed so that they are substantially identical in size and shape so that either one may be nested in the other. So constructed the insect capture device can be sold in component form as a kit which would include an attachment for affixing one end of the handle to the retaining member during assembly of the device by the user. If desired, a cover is provided to removably cover the adhesive-coated surface of the insert element when not in use.

Abstract: An insect trap comprising a receptacle having an inlet and sidewalls, the sidewalls being provided with a plurality of vents and having a viscous substance on the surfaces facing the longitudinal axis of the receptacle, the vents each being smaller than the inlet but having a total combined passage area which is sufficient to allow the passage of air therethrough without building up a pressure wave at the front of the receptacle when the trap is swung through the air.

Abstract: Insects crawling on inaccessible surfaces are contacted by a tacky adhesive face of a flexible tape backed by a sponge-like pad projecting from a rigid body attached to the end of an elongated handle. A section of the tape with an insect adhered thereto may be detached and the sponge-like pad used for cleaning.