Fishing – trapping – and vermin destroying – Traps – Insect
Patent
1985-10-21
1987-12-01
Rowan, Kurt
Fishing, trapping, and vermin destroying
Traps
Insect
43121, A01M 114
Patent
active
047095032
ABSTRACT:
A crawling insect trap including a housing and one or more shelves positionable in the housing. The housing is formed from a top, bottom, pair of opposite side walls, and an end wall. The side walls and the end wall are each connected to the top and the bottom. The housing is made from a hard material such as a hard plastic so as to define a generally rigid structure. One or more shelves are positioned in the housing in pairs of oppositely disposed U-shaped channels secured to the side walls. Baited sticky surfaces are provided on either side of each of the shelves. Each of the outer surfaces of the housing has a plurality of elliptical openings passing therethrough. Thus when insects attracted to the dark baited interior of the housing crawl through the holes they will become stuck to the sticky surfaces. When the surfaces become covered with the insects, the shelves can be removed and new shelves inserted. It is not necessary to replace the entire trap when the surfaces become covered with insects. The end of the housing opposite the end wall is provided a cover which is movable between an open position in which the interior of the housing is exposed and the shelves can be replaced and a snap closed position. When in its closed position the housing with the exception of the small elliptical holes is closed, and, thus, the interior of the housing including the baited sticky surface with the insects stuck thereto is not generally visible. Further, a sticker is provided on the bottom surface so that the entire housing can be secured to any surface including vertical surfaces and lower horizontal surfaces.
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Michigan Entomological Society Newsletter, vol. 29, No. 1, Mar. 12, 1984.
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