JP2002209499A - Vessel of ant-attractant bait - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vessel of ant-attractant bait capable of dissolving problems such as leaking of a poison bait, scattering of the poison bait out of the vessel during use and so forth in comparison with a conventional vessel of ant-attractant bait without reducing effects for exterminating ants. SOLUTION: This vessel of ant-attractant bait comprises a peripheral wall, a vessel body having a bait-holding unit constituted by installing a surrounding wall to form a concave part in the peripheral wall and a lid body engaged to the peripheral wall of the vessel body. In the vessel, ports through which ants can invade have >=8 mm height from the bottom of the vessel body and are installed in plural numbers at a height higher than that of the upper surface of a surrounding wall and a sealing material capable of being peeled off is installed on the upper surface of the surrounding wall.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an ant attractant bait container, and more particularly to a container for attracting poison bait with an attractive property, mainly for extermination of ants living in human living areas. The present invention relates to an ant attracting bait container for inviting ants into a container, taking poison bait out of the container, and then poisoning the ants.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Ants have a habit of not capturing the bait on the spot, but transporting it to a nest and eating it. Therefore, an extermination method using this habit, that is, a poison bait stored in a container, is used. It is well known that the ants are transported to an ant nest and the ant population in the nest is exterminated all at once. In this container, ant baits in the form of granules or granules are stored in a concave portion inside the container, and a sealing material is opened so as to cover the upper opening of the concave portion in order to seal and store the bait when not in use. Conventionally, a container having a structure in which the container is bonded to the peripheral portion (the upper surface of the surrounding wall forming the concave portion) has been proposed. In use, the container is left in an appropriate place after peeling off the sealing material from the upper surface of the surrounding wall of the sealed recess. However, in the conventional ant attractant bait container, there is a problem that the bait leaks due to the deterioration of the seal material, or the container shakes when the seal material is peeled off during use, and the bait scatters outside the container. there were.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such a situation, and in comparison with a conventional ant attractant bait container, the bait leaks out or the bait scatters out of the container during use. It is an object of the present invention to provide an attractant bait container that can solve the problem of ants and that does not reduce the ant-control effect.

[0004]

Means for Solving the Problems The gist of the present invention lies in the following points.

[0005] (1) A container body having a bait storage portion provided with an outer peripheral wall portion and an enclosing wall formed therein so as to form a concave portion, and a lid joined to the outer peripheral wall portion of the container main body. And a plurality of ant entrances are provided at a height of at least 8 mm from the bottom surface of the container body and at a height equal to or higher than the upper surface of the enclosing wall, and the ant is separated from the upper surface of the enclosing wall. An ant attractant bait container equipped with a seal material that can be used. (2) The ant attractant bait container according to claim 1, wherein the ant entrance is provided in a laterally elongated slit shape on a peripheral side surface of the lid. (3) The ant attractant bait container according to claim 1, wherein the ant entrance is provided in a notch at a junction between the outer peripheral wall of the container body and the peripheral side surface of the lid.

[0006]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION The ant attractant bait container of the present invention comprises at least a container body, a lid, and a sealing material. The container body and the lid are made of a plastic resin such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polyester, polystyrene, and polycarbonate. Usually, both materials are the same, but they may be different. These are joined and integrated via a joining portion, and a joining method can be appropriately adopted such as fitting, ultrasonic welding, connection by a hinge, and the like. The size of the attracting bait container is not particularly limited, but in consideration of the usability, cost, size of the poison bait, etc., the container main body and the lid are approximately square or approximately rectangular with a side or diameter of 4 to 8 cm. It is suitable to have a substantially circular shape and a height of about 1 to 2 cm after joining both parts.

[0007] Naturally, the attracting bait container is provided with an entrance through which ants enter and exit, but the present invention solves the problem that the bait leaks out and the bait scatters out of the container during use. 8m from the bottom of the container body
It is characterized in that a plurality (typically 4 to 8) are installed at a height of not less than m and at a height not lower than the upper surface of the surrounding wall. The entrance may be provided in either the container body or the lid, for example, it may be provided in a laterally elongated slit shape on the peripheral side surface of the lid, or may be formed between the outer peripheral wall of the container main body and the peripheral side surface of the lid. It is appropriate to provide a notch at the joint.
In addition, the size of the entrance is designed to have a width of about 2 to 4 mm in the case of a slit, and a diameter of about 2 to 7 mm in the case of a notch, for example, in the case of a substantially semicircle, from the viewpoint of termite control performance. Is preferred.

The bait storage portion is a concave portion for storing poison bait for controlling ants, and the surrounding wall is formed over substantially the entire circumference of the concave portion, for example, in a shape similar to a running course of a land track competition. Of course, it may be a polygon. The height of the surrounding wall is suitably about 5 to 10 mm, and a sealing material for sealing the poison bait is adhered to the upper surface of the wall. An eave may be appropriately provided inward at a position slightly lower than the upper surface of the surrounding wall so that the bait is less likely to spill after the sealing material is peeled off.

The sealing material is a sheet-shaped member made of plastic resin or paper, and is adhered or heat-sealed (heat-sealed) to the upper surface of the surrounding wall so as to cover the upper opening of the bait storage portion. . Further, the sealing material has a continuous pulling piece portion which is folded back at one end side of the bait storing section to which the sheet is adhered, and the pulling piece section is elongated, and the bait storing section to which the sheet adheres is formed. It extends beyond the other end to the outside of the container through a seal material peeling hole provided on the side surface of the container. Then, by pulling the pulling piece from the outside of the container, the sheet adhered to the upper surface of the surrounding wall of the bait storage portion (recess) can be peeled off from the upper surface of the surrounding wall.

On the upper surface of the enclosing wall, for example, a projection is continuously provided, or a matte pattern or a close pattern is formed, so that the sheet is designed so as to secure the adhesive sealing property and the appropriate peeling property. preferable.

The poison bait contained in the ant attractant bait container of the present invention includes, as active ingredients, for example, hydramethylnon,
Examples include solid baits such as granules and granules containing fipronil and the like, and semisolid / fluid baits such as gels and pastes. For example, granule baits, jelly baits and the like are used.

If the ant attractant bait container of the present invention is installed in a garden or an entrance where the ants wander, the ants led into the container can take out the bait to the nest and clean the nest. The present invention provides an efficient ant control method. In addition, when installing on a soil, you may make it pinch one side of a container with a stick and insert a stick in soil, and may fix it.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail using embodiments embodied in the drawings as embodiments of the present invention.

Embodiment 1 FIG. FIG. 1 is a plan view, FIG. 2 is a front view of one side (with a seal material peeling hole), and FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the ant attractant bait container of this embodiment. The ant attractant bait container 1 of the present embodiment is a substantially rectangular box-shaped container made of plastic as the container body 2 (about 6 cm on a side and about 8 in height).
mm) and a plastic substantially rectangular box-shaped container (about 6 cm on a side, about 10 mm in height) as the lid 3, and both are joined by fitting. The container body 2 has a recessed bait storage section 4 provided therein. On each side of the peripheral edge of the lid 3, an ant entrance 5 is formed in a horizontally elongated slit shape (width 2 m) at a position about 12 mm high from the bottom.
m, length 10 mm), and one side surface of the lid 3 also has a sealing material peeling hole 6. The recessed bait storage portion 4 stores granular (having a diameter of about 1 to 2 mm) poison bait 7, and covers substantially the entire periphery of the recessed portion of the surrounding wall 8 having a shape similar to a running course of a land track competition. (Having a height of about 8 mm, which is the same as that of the container body 2). The sealing material 9 is a sheet-shaped member made of a plastic resin, and is adhered to the upper surface of the surrounding wall 8 so as to cover the upper opening of the bait storage unit 4. Note that a satin pattern (not shown) is formed on the upper surface of the surrounding wall 8. Also,
The sheet-shaped sealing material 9 has a continuous pulling piece 9a that is folded back at one end of the bait storage section 4 to which it is adhered, and the pulling piece 9a is elongated, and is connected to the one end. It extends beyond the other end on the opposite side, through the sealing material peeling hole 6 and outside the container. The ant attractant bait container 1 of this example thus produced did not show any leakage of the poisonous bait during storage, and there was no fear that the bait would scatter when the seal material 9 was peeled off and used. In addition, when one side of the container was sandwiched with a stick and the stick was inserted into the soil in the garden and used, the ants went up to the upper surface of the lid along the stick and were invited through the entrance 5 to exterminate the ants satisfactorily The effect was shown. Therefore, in view of the ant's habits, by providing the entrance 5 at a height of 8 mm or more from the bottom of the container body 2 and at a height of at least the top of the surrounding wall, it is possible to prevent leakage and scattering of poison bait and ants. It was recognized that both purposes of maintaining the extermination effect could be achieved.

Embodiment 2 FIG. FIG. 4 shows a front view of one side of an ant attractant bait container according to another embodiment. The ant entrance 5 has a notch (lid side: a semicircle with a diameter of about 5 mm) at the junction between the outer peripheral wall of the container body and the peripheral side surface of the lid, and a central portion at each side and each corner, a total of 8 An ant attractant bait container of the present invention was prepared in the same manner as in Example 1 except that the ants were provided. When this was used at the entrance, as in Example 1, there was no leakage or scattering of the poison bait, and there was no problem in terms of the ant control effect.

Test Example 1. Various attractant bait containers for ants shown in Table 1 were prepared according to Example 1, and the following performances were examined. Leakage of bait: The seal material was peeled off, and it was examined whether the bait scattered when the container was shaken. The results were indicated by △, Δ, and × in order from the one that hardly scattered. Number of attracted ants: The result of placing a conventional container (the entrance is located on the bottom of the container body) on the soil is indicated by ○,
In contrast, the results are indicated by ○, Δ, and ×.

[0017]

[Table 1]

As a result of the test, the ant attractant bait container of the present invention
While it was excellent in terms of both prevention of poison bait leakage and scattering and ant-killing effect, when the ant entrance was provided at a low position as in Comparative Examples 1 to 3, bait easily leaked and a stick was used. In Comparative Example 2 which was installed hollow, the ant control effect tended to be slightly inferior.

[0019]

The present invention can solve the problem that the bait leaks out and the bait scatters out of the container at the time of use as compared with the conventional ant attracting bait container, and furthermore, the ant control effect is reduced. Provide an inviting bait container.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of one side surface thereof.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof.

FIG. 4 is a front view of one side surface of another embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1. Ant feeding container 2 Container body 3. Lid 4. Feed storage unit 5. Ant entry 6. 6. Seal material peeling hole Poison bait 8. Enclosure wall 9. Seal material 9a. Pull piece

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A container body having a bait storage section configured by providing an outer peripheral wall part, a surrounding wall so as to form a recess inside thereof, and a lid joined to the outer peripheral wall part of the container main body. And a plurality of ant entrances are provided at a height of 8 mm or more from the bottom surface of the container body and at a height higher than the upper surface of the surrounding wall, and the ant can be separated from the upper surface of the surrounding wall. An ant attractant bait container characterized by being provided with a seal material capable of being used. 2. The ant entry port is provided in a laterally elongated slit shape on a peripheral side surface of the lid.
4. The ant attractant bait container according to claim 1. 3. The ant attractant according to claim 1, wherein the ant entrance is provided at a joint between the outer peripheral wall of the container body and the peripheral side surface of the lid. Bait container.