An insect trap

An insect trap (1) may include a first housing (10); a reservoir (40) at least partially defined by the first housing (10); a protrusion disposed within the reservoir (40) and extending inward from an interior surface of the first housing (10), the protrusion (42) configured to pierce a package disp...

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Main Authors RAWLINGS, Matthew R, GRIES, Gerhard J, BORDEN, John Harvey, HAVLOVITZ, Paul M, GRIES, Regine M, BRITTON, Robert A, CRAWLEY, Sydney E, RAMOUTAR, Darryl, LAFONTAINE, Jean Pierre, CEDDIA, Michael
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 08.08.2024
Subjects
AGRICULTURE
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY
APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUSPLANTS
CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS
FISHING
FORESTRY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HUNTING
TRAPPING
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Summary:An insect trap (1) may include a first housing (10); a reservoir (40) at least partially defined by the first housing (10); a protrusion disposed within the reservoir (40) and extending inward from an interior surface of the first housing (10), the protrusion (42) configured to pierce a package disposed within the reservoir (40); an actuator (44) connected to the protrusion (42) such that when the actuator (44) is moved, the protrusion (42) moves with the actuator (44) within the reservoir (40); a second housing (60) moveably engaging the first housing (10); a trap chamber (70) partially formed by the first and second housings (10, 60); an inlet (72) into the trap chamber (70); and wherein the second housing (60) is movable between a first position where the inlet (72) is open and a second position where the inlet (72) is closed. The trap (1) may include a package (152) enclosing an attractant composition. The package (152) has a release rate of the attractant composition from about 5 μg per day to about 500 μg per day.
Bibliography:Application Number: AU20180293470