JP2002065136A - Apparatus for capturing insect - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a constitution of an apparatus for capturing insects capable of realizing efficient capturing of the insects though the power consumption is slight as compared with that of a light trap. SOLUTION: This apparatus for capturing the insects is obtained by installing a light source 1 in the upper part of a container 3 housing a solution 4, irradiating the solution surface of the container 3 with direct light from the light source 1 and/or reflected light and providing a shining state of the solution surface and is thereby capable of exterminating the insects with a far smaller power than that of the light trap.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus for catching insects based on light illumination.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As an insecticide measure for agriculture, pest control methods using pesticides are widely used.

[0003] However, pesticides have a basic problem of affecting the human body due to environmental pollution and penetration of the drug into crops. Are not always guaranteed.

As a method of controlling pests without using pesticides, moth lamps have been conventionally used, and among them, there are an electric killing type, a trapping type and an escape type, all of which rely on electromagnetic energy or thermal energy. However, in order to exhibit the original function and effect, considerably high power consumption is required.

[0005]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention overcomes the drawbacks of the conventional pest control method as described above, does not require the use of pesticides, and enables the use of pest control with extremely low power consumption as compared to a moth lamp. It is an object of the present invention to provide a configuration of an insect trapping device.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, according to the structure of the present invention, a light source is installed above a container containing a solution, and a direct light and / or a reflected light from the light source is used. An insect catcher is provided by irradiating the solution surface of the container to make the solution surface bright by the irradiation.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a light beam emitted from a light source causes a surface of a solution contained in a container to shine to attract insects, and the attracted insects rush into the solution. The basic technical idea is to capture insects by making it difficult or impossible to escape from the solution.

The above solution is not particularly limited, but in the case of a solution having a certain viscosity, such as water or oil,
When an insect enters the solution, it is difficult to escape into the air again, so that the insect can be captured with a considerable probability.

However, the higher the viscosity of the solution, the higher the probability of the capture can be.

Examples of such a viscous solution include aqueous solutions of polymers such as polyvinyl alcohol, sodium polyacrylate and polyacrylamide, and hydrocolloid solutions such as soapy water and shampoo water.

Light sources include fluorescent lamps, electric bulbs, arc lamps,
It is possible to use many types of light sources, such as mercury lamps,
And by irradiating the solution surface with direct light, it is possible to make the solution surface shine, but in order to use the light emission of the light source efficiently, not only the direct light irradiation,
As shown in FIG. 3, the reflector 2 is provided at a position above the light source 1, and the light reflected by the lid is applied to the solution surface, so that the light emitted by the light source 1 can be used efficiently.

In particular, when the reflector 2 has a parabolic cross section as shown in FIG. 4 and the light source 1 is arranged at the focus of the parabola, parallel reflected light is incident on the solution surface. The light emission of the light source 1 can be used more efficiently.

In the present invention, insects are attracted and trapped by further reflected light generated by bringing the surface of the solution into a shining state. Since the insects are not killed on the basis of electricity, the power consumption is extremely small compared to the case of the moth lamp.

In practice, a luminous energy of 20 to 40 W enables a sufficient insect trapping effect by illumination to be exerted.

Since the insect trap of the present invention is used at night, in many cases, it is often operated from evening to dawn by a phototransistor or a switch circuit using a photoelectric element.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described.

[0017]

Embodiment 1 Embodiment 1 is characterized in that a solar cell 61 is used as a power source 6 of a light source 1 as shown in FIG.

When the insect trap is used in a field or a mountainous area, it is not always possible to always secure an appropriate power supply 6.

On the other hand, when a battery is used, replacement of the battery requires complicated labor.

On the other hand, when the solar cell 61 is used, an insect trapping effect can be exhibited by supplying electric power to the light source at night by the accumulated solar cell 61 during the day. In this case, the insect trap of the present invention can be installed, and the replacement of the battery does not require complicated labor.

However, in the case of the solar cell 61, since the generated voltage is unstable, in most cases, the constant voltage circuit 7 is interposed between the solar cell 61 and the light source 1 as shown in FIG. And good.

The design of the solar cell 61 to be used is not particularly limited. By designing the light receiving area of the solar cell 61 to be large, it is sufficiently possible to cover light emission at night.

However, the light receiving ability of the solar cell 61 is limited, and the continuous cloudy or rainy days
In the case where sufficient power cannot be supplied to the light source 1 by the solar cell 61, it is necessary to use a battery together.
Can be supplied with sufficiently stable power.

When the solar cell 61 and the battery are used together, the labor required for replacing the battery can be drastically reduced as compared with the case where only the battery is used.

[0025]

Embodiment 2 In Embodiment 2, as shown in FIG.
Although light-emitting sources of a plurality of colors are used (however, light-emitting sources of three colors in FIG. 2), the number of colors and the combination of colors are not particularly limited.

However, as the most typical example of use, three primary colors of blue, yellow and red, or four colors obtained by adding white to the three primary colors are often selected.

In general, the luminescent color of insects is different,
Most insects have a unique taste or dislike color per ray (eg, pear, peach, corn, rose, blue perilla,
Night moths, which are pests against carnations and the like, generally hate yellow light, while stink bugs, which are pests against many types of vegetables, tend to prefer blue. ). In such a case, in order to capture a wide range of insects, it is desirable to emit not only monochromatic light but also various lights.

However, if a variety of light rays are incident on the solution surface together, light rays of each color are mixed, and it is difficult to exhibit a unique color light emitting effect.

In the second embodiment, a configuration is adopted in which the light sources 1 of the respective colors are sequentially turned on in a cyclical manner. The reflected light rays are sequentially reflected, and various insect trapping effects based on the reflected light rays can be exhibited.

As described above, in order to sequentially turn on the light beams of the respective colors, it is preferable to operate the timer switch 5 based on a so-called ring counter, in which a plurality of flip-flops sequentially output cyclically.

[0031]

As described above, in the present invention, it is extremely significant in that insects can be captured without consuming a large amount of power. Particularly, in the case of the first embodiment,
This is significant in that an insect trapping effect can be exhibited at a desired place, and in the case of the second embodiment, it is significant in that various types of insects can be captured.

As described above, the present invention has epoch-making significance by insect trapping, and its value is enormous.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a second embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a side sectional view showing a basic configuration of the present invention (note that arrows indicate a light irradiation state and a reflection state).

FIG. 4 is a side cross-sectional view showing a parabolic cross-section as a reflector (note that arrows indicate an irradiation state and a reflection state of light rays).

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: light source 2: reflector 3: container 4: solution 5: timer switch 6: power supply 61: solar cell 7: constant voltage circuit

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A light source is provided above a container containing a solution, and the solution surface of the container is illuminated by direct light and / or reflected light from the light source. Insect catcher by making it shine. 2. The insect trap according to claim 1, wherein the solar cell as a power supply is connected to the light source via a constant voltage circuit. 3. A light source having a plurality of colors as a light source,
2. The insect trap according to claim 1, wherein the light sources of the respective colors are sequentially turned on cyclically. 4. The insect trap according to claim 1, wherein an aqueous solution using a water-soluble polymer compound as a solvent or a hydrocolloid solution is used. 5. The insect trap according to claim 1, wherein an anti-slope surface having a parabolic cross section is provided, and a light source is disposed at a focal position of the parabola.