JP2004113103A - Device for detecting white ant - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately and readily confirm the presence or absence, or the attracted number of attracted white ants without allowing the white ants to escape so as to involve no risk of failure in the detection causing the relocation of a hive. <P>SOLUTION: The device has a container comprising a body 2 of the container having an opening part 1 through which the white ant can go in and out, and a lid 3 by which the opening at the upper face is opened and closed, and an agent 4 for attracting the white ant, stored in the container. The attracting agent 4 optionally contains an expellant. A part or the whole of the container is composed of a polyacrylic resin or the like which is a see-through material enabling visual observation of the white ants in the interior from the exterior of the container. As a result, the presence or absence, or the action of the white ants in the interior of the container can be visually observed from the exterior of the container because the part or the whole of the container is composed of the see-through material enabling the visual observation of the white ants in the interior from the exterior of the container. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a termite detection device or a termite detection / control device that can be used for grasping the condition of termites or for controlling them.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Termites can damage wooden buildings and reduce their strength and durability, so they should be captured on a trial basis to confirm the presence or absence of inhabitants and to predict actual harm or to prevent damage. In order to make a plan for extermination and to immediately exterminate as needed, termite detection devices or termite attracting devices for termite detection and extermination devices are widely used.
[0003]
For example, a termite attracting device in which a termite bait is housed in a container having an upper opening formed of synthetic resin or the like, a drain pipe is connected to the bottom of the container, and a hole through which the termite can pass is provided. Is well known (for example, see Patent Document 1).
[0004]
In such a termite attracting device, when water penetrates and diffuses into the soil, the active termites recognize the wood components of the bait tree contained in the water, and follow the runoff source. You are attracted to the inside, which enables monitoring (detection) and removal treatment.
[0005]
In addition, such a termite attracting (detecting) device, when installed on a vacant lot or in the soil around a house, may cause an accident if a child or the like is mischief. In addition, a water-permeable lid is provided at the top opening of the container in order to prevent sand particles and other foreign substances other than water from entering the container.
[0006]
Such a lid is made of a well-known material such as metal, wood, synthetic resin, rubber, and ceramics. The lid makes the termites comfortable inside the container, and is light-shielded so that the food can be calm as much as possible. It is formed of a material having a property.
[0007]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-9-313084 (Claims, FIGS. 1 to 6)
[0008]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the above-mentioned conventional termite attracting (detecting) device, since the lid portion or the whole of the container-like device is formed of a light-shielding material, it is necessary to check for the presence or absence of the attracted termite or the argument. In this case, the lid must be removed to open a part of the container, the inside must be exposed to the outside air and visually checked, and in that case, there is a problem that termites may escape from the nesting bait. is there.
[0009]
In this way, when a part of the termite detection device is opened, the outside air may flow into the inside of the container, causing the flow and vibration of the air. In this case, the termites may not be able to be observed again. In some cases, the nest will not return or move away, and accurate sampling will not be possible.
[0010]
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problem, and to detect whether or not an attracted termite is present, or simply to find out whether or not the termites can be moved accurately without causing the termite to escape from the container. The goal is to ensure that there is no risk of failure.
[0011]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above-described problems, in the present invention, a container having an opening through which termites can enter and exit is provided, and in the termite detection device in which a termite attractant is stored in the container, a part or whole of the container is provided. Is formed of a transparent material that allows the termites inside the container to be viewed from the outside.
[0012]
In the present invention, the termite detection device is configured as described above. As a result of the present inventors' research on the habit of termites, it has been known that termites have a property of disliked light. Unlike their habits, they found that they were less repellent to light and acted more sensitively to airflow.
[0013]
The termite detection device of the present invention configured as described above accommodates a termite attractant in a container, and a part or the whole of the container is formed of a transparent material that allows the termites inside the container to be viewed from outside the container. The presence or absence of termites inside the container or its behavior can be visually observed from outside the container.
[0014]
In this case, it is not necessary to open and inspect the inside of the container so as to expose the termites to the inside of the container. Inaccurate sampling such as escape of the nest and relocation of the nesting site, and a decrease in the efficiency of extermination, that is, the inability to eat the pesticide integrated with the attractant, are eliminated.
[0015]
Further, in the invention in which the container is a termite detecting device in which a portion other than the opening through which the termites can enter and exit is sealed, the above-described action particularly appears.
[0016]
In a termite detection and control device that detects termites and exterminates them at the same time, a container having an opening through which termites can enter and exit is provided, and in the termite detection device containing a termite attractant in the container, a part of the container is used. Alternatively, the whole is made of a transparent material which allows the inside of the termite to be recognized from the outside of the container, and the terminator is a termite detection / control device in which a pesticide is integrally held in the attractant.
[0017]
In the apparatus configured as described above, it is not necessary to open and observe the inside of the container by exposing the inside of the container to outside air in order to observe whether termites inhabit, are trapped, or are exterminated inside the container. It is possible to prevent the harm caused by the flow of outside air into the inside, that is, a situation in which sampling accuracy such as escape of termites and relocation of a nesting site and inefficiency of extermination efficiency are reduced.
[0018]
Also, termites such as habitual house termites that form nests in lumber or the like as attractants can be nested in a closed container to reliably eliminate the entire termite herd.
[0019]
In order to more reliably attract termites into the apparatus, it is preferable that the above-mentioned termite detection / control device be provided with a strip-shaped introduction assisting attractant inserted into an opening through which termites can enter and exit.
[0020]
In the termite detection and control device having the above-described configuration, one end of a band-shaped introduction assisting attractant formed to a required length is brought into contact with or approaching the ant tract formed at a position away from the opening. By simply keeping the ant passage, even if the installation position of the device is far from the ant passage, the ant passage leading to the opening of the device can be artificially formed inside and outside of the introduction auxiliary attractant. As a result, the termites wandering around the device are surely introduced or nested in the device without being diverted to the outside of the device, and the entire or a large number of termites can be reliably exterminated.
[0021]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0022]
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a termite detection and control device A which can be used as a termite detection device or control device as an embodiment includes a container main body 2 having an opening 1 through which termites can enter and exit, and A container comprising a lid 3 capable of sealing the top opening is provided, and a termite attractant 4 is accommodated in the container, and the entire container is made of polyacryl, which is a transparent material that allows visual observation of the internal termites from the outside. It is formed of a synthetic resin.
[0023]
The opening 1 is a rectangular opening having a width of 1 cm and a length of 3 cm formed in a part of the bottom surface of the container. I use it.
[0024]
When terminating is performed together with the detection of termites, the attractant may be an insecticidal pesticide such as an organic phosphorus compound such as fenitrothion, fenthion, chlorpyrifos, chlorpyrifosmethyl, BPMC, carbaryl, CPMC, isoprocarb, mesomil. , MPMC, carbamate-based compounds such as MTMC, phenothrin, cyphenothrin, permethrin, cypermethrin, bifenthrin, resmethrin, tralomethrin, decametrine, etc .; Compound, diflubenzuron, teflubenzuron, triflumuron, chlorfluazuron, buprofezin, lufenuron, phenoxycarb, methop Emissions, pyriproxyfen, applied hydro-plane, cyromazine, the Yaari components such as hexaflumuron, impregnation, can be used be included in known manner such as impregnation. These termite-controlling agents may be used in the form of a poison bait by mixing with a bait component, and may be installed or sprayed in a container as needed.
[0025]
The container used in the present invention has an opening through which termites can enter and exit, and its material may be any container having the water resistance and airtightness required for the use environment. The size of the container need not be limited, but a container having a volume of about 300 to 5000 cm ³ is generally used if it is intentionally indicated.
[0026]
The material of the container is, for example, a synthetic resin such as acrylic resin, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, or a biodegradable polymer, or a transparent material made of a glassy inorganic material (transparent or light-colored). However, it is not limited to such specific examples.
[0027]
In addition to the above-mentioned transparent material, other materials such as metal, ceramics, and wood are used in combination with an opaque material, and a part of the top, bottom, and side surfaces of the container is made transparent with glass or plastic. There may be.
[0028]
The attractant contained in the container is preferably a material that is palatable to the termites to be sampled or controlled, that is, it is preferably a chewable, edible bait, etc., such as chips, bulk, bark, sawdust, etc. Examples thereof include wood pieces, roll paper, and other cellulosic materials or styrofoam, and more preferably those selected from wood pieces, roll paper, and styrofoam, which are also used as nesting materials.
[0029]
Further, an attractant containing a solution containing a termite attractant such as camphor, twen, linalool, cadinene, turpentine oil, borneol, methylanisole, cinnamyl alcohol, isosafrole, etc., in the above-mentioned bait material May be used.
[0030]
The container may be buried in a hole or groove dug in the ground so that only a part thereof is exposed to the ground, or may be simply placed on the ground. In accordance with these installation modes, the formation position of the opening through which termites can enter and exit is adjusted so as to face or contact the ground or as close as possible.
[0031]
Further, the use state of the termite detection and control device A shown in FIG. In order to attract termites, a strip-shaped introduction auxiliary attractant 7 is inserted into the opening 1 of the termite detection and control device A through which termites can enter and exit.
[0032]
The belt-shaped introduction assisting attractant 7 is preferably formed of a material serving as termite bait, such as corrugated paper, cloth, or withered wood, and it is preferable to use any of them in a state moistened with water. This is the preferred approach to increase. In addition, such a band-shaped introduction assisting attractant 7 is bridged so as to straddle a groove or a gap such as the drainage groove 6 or bridges between opposing columns or walls, and further, in the air. The ant canal may be arranged so as to be extended. At this time, a metal or plastic tube 8 which is a hollow material, a plate-like or stick-like splint (not shown), or the like, is used as an auxiliary attractant 7. Or a part of the tube 8 can be inserted or penetrated entirely.
[0033]
In this way, the termite detection and control device can artificially move the ant passage leading to the opening 1 of the device by the belt-shaped introduction auxiliary attractant 7 even for the ant passage formed at a position distant from the opening 1. The artificial ant trail can be used to easily install the device in a place where it is usually difficult to install such as a corner or a narrowed place.
[0034]
【Example】
In a transparent container (50 × 30 × 25 cm) made of synthetic resin made of polyacryl, two rolls each of which is wound with a soft paper so as to have a rectangular parallelepiped diameter of 15 cm and a length of 25 cm are accommodated as an attractant. Then, 1 liter of a 50 ppm aqueous solution of pine oil referred to was poured into each container, and a 3 cm wide, 5 mm thick band-shaped auxiliary introduction bait formed of corrugated paper was inserted into the bottom opening, and the lid was completely closed. It was buried in the ground so that the upper surface of the lid was exposed.
[0035]
This test was performed continuously for about two months from summer (mid-August) to autumn (early October), after which the food traces of the attractant were observed.
[0036]
As a result, out of the ten houses where the termite detection device was installed, the traces of termites were found in the attractant in one container for each of the eight houses, and their habitat was detected. Thereafter, it was confirmed that the detected termites had nested in the attractant in the container, and the whole herd was exterminated by spraying a pesticide.
[0037]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the present invention provides a termite detection device or a termite detection and extermination device characterized in that a part or the whole of the container is formed of a transparent material from which the termites inside can be seen from the outside of the container. In order to observe whether termites inhabit the inside of the container, it is not necessary to open and observe the inside of the container so that the inside of the container is exposed to the outside air. It has the advantage that it can be checked accurately without escaping to the outside, or reliably without relocating the nest, and can even be exterminated.
[0038]
A termite detection and control device that inserts a strip-shaped introduction auxiliary attractant into an opening through which termites can enter and exit This has the advantage that the entire or a large number of termites can be efficiently controlled.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing components constituting a termite detection and control device according to an embodiment; FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a state where a termite is attracted to the termite detection and control device according to the embodiment; Explanatory diagram showing the use state of the termite detection and control device of the embodiment [Description of reference numerals]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Opening part 2 Container main body 3 Lid 4 Attractant 5 Introduction auxiliary attractant 6 Drainage groove 7 Strip-shaped introduction auxiliary attractant 8 Tube

Claims (4)

In a termite detection device in which a container having an opening through which termites can enter and exit, and a termite attractant is contained in the container, a transparent material that allows a part or the whole of the container to be visible from inside of the container to the inside termites A termite detection device formed of: The termite detecting device according to claim 1, wherein the container is a container having a structure in which a portion other than an opening through which termites can enter and exit is sealed. In a termite detection device provided with a container having an opening through which termites can enter and exit and containing a termite attractant in the container,
A termite detection / control device in which a part or the whole of the container is formed of a see-through material that allows the inside of the termite to be recognized from the outside of the container, and a pesticide is integrally held in the attractant. The termite detection / control device according to claim 3, wherein a band-shaped introduction auxiliary attractant is inserted into an opening through which termites can enter and exit.

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