BENEFICIAL INSECT COLLECTION DEVICE AND BENEFICIAL INSECT COLLECTION METHOD

• Main Authors: NAKANO AKIO, ABE SHIGETO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 12.11.2015
• 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

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a beneficial insect collection device and a beneficial insect collection method capable of easily collecting beneficial insects at low costs.SOLUTION: A beneficial insect collection device 1 for collecting a beneficial insect X for a pest Y includes a hollow body part 4 with at least part of a side face 2 being translucent, an open collection part 8 communicated with one end edge of the body part 4, which is formed for guiding the beneficial insect X to the inside of the body part 4, a colored body 10 enclosed in the body part 4 for emitting the light of a wavelength that shows attractiveness to the beneficial insect X to the outside through the translucent side face 2, and a discharge part 14 communicated with the other open end 12 of the body part 4 for guiding the collected beneficial insect X to the outside of the body part 4. 【課題】低コストで簡便に益虫の捕集を可能とした益虫捕集装置及び益虫捕集方法を提供する。【解決手段】害虫Ｙに対する益虫Ｘを捕集するための益虫捕集装置１であって、少なくとも側面２の一部を透光性とした中空状の本体部４と、前記本体部４の一方の端縁と連通され、前記益虫Ｘを前記本体部４内へ案内するために形成された開口捕集部８と、前記本体部４に内蔵され、前記益虫Ｘに対する誘引性を示す波長の光を、前記透光性の側面２を通じて外部に発することが可能な着色体１０と、前記本体部４の他方の開口端１２と連通され、捕集された前記益虫Ｘを前記本体部４外へ案内する排出部１４とを備える。【選択図】図１