JP2002191278A - Ant extermination container - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an ant extermination container with which ants in nests or in columns can be positively exterminated. SOLUTION: In this ant extermination container equipped with side open ports 6a, 6b and 6c on the outer periphery part and a poisonous bait 9 inside, the side open ports are provided with a pair of side plates 3a and 3b projecting sideways to provide a catching part enclosing by both the side plates and the side open ports.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ant control container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, ants have been put to practical use by using an aerosol that is sprayed with an insecticide and a poison bait (such as in a container) that is mixed with and killed insecticide.

[0003] The aerosol agent has the advantage of being aggressive and immediate, but has the inconvenience that the treatment site is contaminated with the chemical and that the dead ants are scattered and dirty, so that the use place is limited.

[0004] In this regard, many people use the poison bait because it does not have the above-mentioned inconvenience of an aerosol and can be exterminated simply by leaving it.

[0005]

The above-mentioned bait is for inviting ants to eat and killing by the insecticide contained in the bait. When this bait is used in a special container, However, it takes a long time for the ants to enter the container, and the taste differs depending on the type of the ants.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide an ant extermination container which can actively and completely eradicate target ants.

[0007]

Means for Solving the Problems To achieve the above object, an ant control container according to the present invention is provided with an ant control container having a side opening at an outer peripheral portion and a poison bait installed therein. A pair of side plates protruding laterally is provided at the side opening, and a capturing portion surrounded by the both side plates and the side opening is provided.

The ant extermination container has a configuration in which a bottom surface opening is provided on the bottom surface.

The ant extermination container in which a poison bait is placed inside has an opening at the bottom surface.

[0010]

The ant extermination container according to the first aspect of the present invention is arranged such that the trapping portion surrounded by the both side plates and the side opening ports is brought into contact with an ant nest or a row near the wall, and the ends of the both side plates contact the wall surface. And set it up. As a result, the nests and lines of the ants near the wall are surrounded by the capturing portion, and the ants in the nests enter the container from the side opening ports and eat or poison the poison bait set in the inside. You can die.

Further, the ant extermination container according to claim 2 comprises:
In addition to the operation of the above-mentioned claim 1, the lower surface opening is installed so as to be located directly above the ant nest provided on the flat ground. As a result, the ant nest is surrounded by the lower opening, and the ants of the nest enter the container through the lower opening.

The ant extermination container according to the third aspect of the present invention has an opening only on the bottom surface of the container. You can exterminate ants.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes an extermination container having a square planar shape, for example, a rectangular shape. The extermination container 1 includes a main body 2, two side plates 3 a and 3 b erected on two opposite sides of the main body 2, and a ceiling covering the upper portion of the main body 2 fixed to the upper ends of the two side plates 3 a and 3 b. The plate 4 is formed into a flat box shape.

A bottom opening 5 is provided substantially at the center of the main body 2 and side openings 6a and 6b are provided at both sides of the extermination container 1 which are not closed by the side plates 3a and 3b. The periphery of the bottom opening 5 is higher than the bottom surface of the main body 2, and an up slope 7 as viewed from the lower surface side of the main body 2 is provided around the bottom opening 5. Also, the bottom plate 2 inside the side opening ports 6a, 6b is also higher than the bottom surface thereof, and the side opening ports 6a, 6b are provided with uphill slopes 8a, 8b which rise upward from the outside to the inside. It is provided. The lower ends of the upward slopes 7, 8a, 8b of the opening ports 5, 6a, 6b are flush with the lower surface of the main body 2, and the upward slope 7, 7, The lower ends of 8a and 8b contact the ground.

The ends of the top plate 4 on the side of the side openings 6a, 6b are eaves which are inclined so as to be substantially parallel to the upward slopes 8a, 8b of the side openings 6a, 6b. And the tip of this eave and the tip of both side plates 3a and 3b are flush with each other in the same direction in the vertical direction and have a downward U-shape.
When the side openings 6a and 6b are pressed against the wall surface and installed, the eaves of the top plate 2 and the tips of both side plates 3a and 3b are brought into contact with the wall surface.

In FIG. 2, the left side opening 6
The upward slope 8a of a is retracted from the open end, and the upward slope 8b of the right side opening 6b is located at the same position as the open end. The left side opening 6a is surrounded by both side plates 3a and 3b and the tip of the upward slope 8a, and serves as a catching portion for catching ants. The lower ends of the side plates 3a and 3b in this portion are flush with the floor surface of the main body 2.

The concave opening 5 of the main body 2
The poison bait 9 is installed inside 6a, 6b. This poison bait 9
The installation of liquid, gel-like thing, laying sheet or film containing insecticide, placing solid or semi-solid insecticide, gluing with an adhesive, insecticide And fixing a high-viscosity material containing an agent.

As the active ingredient of the insecticide contained in the poison bait 9 used in the present invention, it is difficult to evaporate at room temperature,
It is sufficient if the compound has high heat resistance and stable toxicity, such as resmethrin, permethrin, cyphenothrin,
Repellent among pyrethroid insecticides such as cypermethrin, etofenprox, tralomethrin, boric acid, other organic phosphorus insecticides, carbamate insecticides, amidinohydrazone insecticides, pyrazole insecticides, silaneophane insecticides, etc. And insecticides having high insecticidal activity.

The dietary or attractant used in the present invention includes, for example, sugars such as honey, molasses, fructose, lactose, maltose, glucose, and granulated sugar; grains such as flour, corn flour, and rice bran; and fish and shellfish. Animal food such as flour and insect powder,
Examples include starches such as corn starch and potato starch, dietary agents such as glycerin, higher alcohols such as olein alcohol, lauric acids, fatty acids such as oleic acid, and attractants such as flavor flavors.

Other auxiliary agents include preservatives such as sorbic acid, sorbate, and paraoxybenzoic acid ester, hot peppers such as pepper powder, desodium benzoate, etc. And stabilizers such as calcium chloride.

Examples of the ants to be used in the present invention include ants such as brown ants, brown ants, brown ants, brown ants, black ants, black ants, red ants, giant ants, and giant ants.

The place of use of the extermination container 1 according to the present invention can be used inside or outside a house or the like. It exerts an excellent extermination effect in situations such as in groups.

In other words, the ant extermination with the extermination container 1 according to the present invention is not a permanent extermination that attracts ants as in the conventional method, but rather seeks an ant's location and directs the extermination container 1 to a location such as a nest or a line found. And actively remove ants, and as a result, quickly and reliably eliminate ants.

That is, in the case of an ant nest in a wide place, the nest is placed on the nest so that the bottom opening port 5 is located right above the nest. In the case of a matrix of ants, one side opening 6a or 6b is installed in a direction obstructing this matrix. Further, in the case of a nest near a wall, or in the case of a matrix near a wall, the end of the side opening 6a having the capturing portion is installed in a posture in contact with the wall surface.

The nest in the above-mentioned wide area has an open bottom 5
The ants entering and exiting the nest enter the extermination container 1 from the up slope 7.

The ants of the matrix enter the extermination container 1 from the upward slopes 8a, 8b of the side opening ports 6a, 6b in accordance with the march of the ants.

In the case of a nest near a wall, the periphery of the nest is surrounded by a capturing portion composed of a wall, both side plates 3a and 3b, and an uphill surface 8a. 8a, it enters into the extermination container 1. Similarly, ants lined up near the wall also enter the container from the capturing unit.

In each of the above cases, the ants enter the extermination container 1 by an attractant in the poison bait 9 in the container. The ants in the container eat the poison bait 9 or pass over the poison bait 9, whereby the poison adheres to the body. The entered ants return to the nest again through the opening ports 6a and 6b, and guide their friends into the container. The ants that have entered the container eat the poison bait 9 in the container or adhere to the body, and eventually die in the nest, outside the nest, or in the extermination container 1. In the case of ants, after eating the poison bait 9, they return to their nests, have a habit of giving back to their peers, and in this case, the ants fed are also killed.

(Test 1) Next, a test example according to the first embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described. At this time, the size of the extermination container 1 is length × width × height = 8.5.
× 5.5 × 1.6 cm. The opening area of the bottom opening 5 was 2 cm ² . Then, an appropriate amount of a mixed solution of upper sucrose, gelatin and water was put into the concave portion of the main body 2 and allowed to cool and solidify to obtain an attractive diet. The extermination container 1 was placed on the doorway of the nest of the termites such that the bottom opening 5 was opposed, and the number of leaning of the termites was examined over time.

As a control for comparison, a conventionally commercially available ant extermination container having a diameter of 50 mm and having an uphill slope all around, but having no opening at the bottom plate, and having the above-mentioned center portion at the center. A container containing the same attractant food as in the example of the present invention was placed at a position where the side opening of the ant nest was 1 cm away from the entrance and exit of the ant nest according to the usage. The test was repeated twice each with a new attractant. Table 1 shows the results.

[0031]

[Table 1]

(Consideration) As shown in Table 1, the test container according to the present invention, which is installed so as to directly surround the nest, which is the home of ants, with the bottom opening 5, is twice as fast and effective. It showed a trapping effect, confirming its practicality.

(Test 2) The same extermination container 1 as in Test 1 was used, and the same attracting food was used as in Test 1. Then, the extermination container 1 is provided with a trapping portion in which the up slope 8a of the side opening ports 6a and 6b is receded from the open end with respect to the termite which forms a nest on the wall side of the house. The side opening port 6a is opposed to the ant nest, and the open end is in contact with the wall surface. This test was also performed twice using a new attractant diet. The ant nest at this time is surrounded by the capture unit. Table 2 shows the test results.
Shown in

[0034]

[Table 2]

(Consideration) As shown in Table 2, when the ant nest is surrounded by the trapping portion of the side opening 6a, the ant nest exhibits a fast and high attracting and trapping effect as in the case of the test 1, and is practical. It was proved that.

(Test 3) The same extermination container 1 as in Test 1 was used, and the same attracting food as in Test 1 was used. Then, the extermination container 1 was installed with the side opening port 6a having the trapping portion facing the concrete wall surface with respect to the group of amite ants forming a matrix along the concrete wall surface.

As a control, a conventional commercial container used in Test 1 containing the same inducing food was placed across the line of the antrum ants, and the number of leaning of each was measured over time. investigated. The test was repeated twice. Table 3 shows the results.

[0038]

[Table 3]

(Consideration) As shown in Table 3, even if the type of ant is changed, it shows a quick and high attracting and capturing effect, which confirms that it is practical. In this experiment, in the control container 1 according to the present invention, ants reciprocated inside and outside the container via the entrance (opening) and gathered in the container with respect to the control container having the entire periphery open, and the superiority of the entrance was obtained. It has been shown.

(Test 4) Using the same extermination container 1 as in Test 1, the extermination effect at the working site was examined. In this test, the poison bait shown in Table 4 was used. As a control, the same poison bait was used in a conventional commercially available container. As a test, the effect was judged from the number of individuals around the container before installation and the change in the number of individuals two days after installation. Table 5 shows the results.

[0041]

[Table 4]

[0042]

[Table 5]

(Consideration) As shown in Table 5, it is effective for various kinds of ants, can be used in various places, has an excellent control effect, and has proved a practical effect. Table 5
The extermination effect in the middle indicates the decrease in the number of individuals around the installation site two days after installation, Δ indicates a decrease of 20 to 50%, and O indicates 5
0 to 70% reduction, ◎ indicates 70 to 100% reduction, respectively.
In addition, the container in Comparative Example 1 was installed directly above the matrix, and in Comparative Example 2, it was installed at a distance of 1 cm from the nest where ants entered and exited.

In the first embodiment, although the size of the bottom opening 5 depends on the size of the container, it is large enough to cover the entire entrance and exit of the ant nest, and is usually 10 × 5 mm or more. Is preferred. In addition, side opening ports 6a, 6
The size of “b” may be any size as long as the ants can pass through (2 × 2 mm) or more.

Further, in the above-described embodiment of the bottom surface, an example was shown in which the extermination container 1 was formed in a square shape, and side opening ports 6a and 6b were provided on two opposing sides thereof. The shape is determined by ease of use and ease of manufacture. As an example, there is a form in which a plane shape is circular (including an ellipse) and a side opening having an upward slope is provided on the entire circumference of the container. In this case, the bottom plate and the top plate are connected by a plurality of pillar members projecting from the bottom plate or the top plate.

In the first embodiment, the periphery may be closed without providing the side openings 6a and 6b, and the bottom opening 5 may be provided only on the bottom surface of the main body 2. The ant extermination container in this case is used for extermination of ants entering and exiting the nest. There may be no up slope around the bottom opening 5. Alternatively, the side opening 6a may be provided only on one side of the container having the bottom opening 5 on the bottom surface.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show a second embodiment of the present invention. An extermination container 11 according to this embodiment comprises a main body 12 and an upper part of the bottom plate 12 similarly to the first embodiment. And a top plate 14 that covers Reference numeral 13 denotes a plurality of columns for connecting the top plate 14 with an appropriate gap from the bottom plate 12, for example, standing upright on the side of the top plate 14. Is provided with a side opening 16 over the entire circumference.

The outer peripheral portion of the main body 12 serving as the side opening 16 is provided with an uphill slope 17 which rises from the outside toward the inside over the entire periphery thereof.

A pair of side plates 18a and 18b are provided on the outer peripheral portion of the main body 12 in parallel to the outside. The lower ends of the side plates 18a and 18b are flush with the lower surface of the main body 12. The tips of both side plates 18a and 18b are vertical.

In the second embodiment, the extermination container 11 is placed in a state where it blocks the line of ants, so that the extermination container 11 enters the container through the side opening 16 of the container.

For an ant nest or a matrix of ants near a wall, the extermination container 11 is installed in such a manner that the ends of both side plates 18a and 18b contact the wall surface. Thereby, both side plates 18
In the case of the first embodiment described above, the trapping portion is formed by the a, 18b and the side opening port 16, and the ants in the nest near the wall and the ants lining the wall enter the container from the trapping portion. The ants that have entered the container in the same manner as above eat the poison bait 9 in the container,
Or death is caused by contact adhesion.

In each of the above embodiments, an upward slope is provided at the side opening and the bottom opening, but this is not necessarily required, and may be flat, for example.

The bottom opening may not necessarily be provided at the center of the bottom surface of the main body, and may be provided at a corner of the bottom surface of the main body. Further, one side of the container may be closed, and the inner bottom surface of the side may be opened, and this portion may be used as a capturing portion.

[0054]

According to the present invention, the trapping portion is formed at a part of the side opening provided around the extermination container, so that the trapping portion can be used as an ant nest or a matrix. By installing the ant in opposition to the part, ants in the nest and ants in the queue can be actively exterminated.
In addition, the ant in the nest can be positively exterminated and exterminated by setting the bottom opening port directly above the ant nest.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,11: Extermination container, 2,12: Main body, 3a, 3b: Side plate, 4,14: Top plate, 5: Bottom opening, 6a, 6b, 1
6 ... side opening mouth, 7, 8a, 8b, 17 ... up slope, 9
... poison bait.

Claims (3)

[Claims] An ant extermination container having a side opening at an outer peripheral portion and a poison bait installed therein, wherein a pair of side plates protruding sideways is provided at the side opening, and both side plates are provided. An ant extermination container provided with a trapping part surrounded by a side opening opening. 2. The ant control container according to claim 1,
An ant elimination container characterized by having a bottom opening on the bottom. 3. An ant extermination container having a poison bait installed therein, wherein a bottom opening is provided on the bottom surface.