JP2018110552A - Flying insect trapping tool - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flying insect trapping tool the can trap the flying insects without providing customers with unpleasant impression or a sense of incongruity, even if installed in a place of easily attracting public attention such as stores to collect customers of a restaurant, a food supermarket, etc.SOLUTION: Insecticide is given by application, etc., on the leaves comprising non-tacky materials of an artificial plant 1 with leaves of needle shapes, linear shapes or lanceolate shapes and planted in a bowl 2 using characteristics of the flying insects such as flies easily selecting narrow leaves as a resting place, and thereby the flying insects perching on the leaves and taking the insecticide are made to fall on a bowl 2 or a bowl dish 3 and are tapped. If an attractant for promoting oral ingestion such as sugar is given on the leaves, an insecticidal effect can be increased furthermore. If a pressure sensitive adhesive sheet 4 is provided on the upper surface of the bowl dish 3, the re-flying of the flying insects revived can be prevented. Also, the falling corpse can easily be collected by removing the adhesive surface.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a flying insect trap utilizing the characteristics of flying insects that can easily select narrow leaves as resting places.

  In the field where food is handled at restaurants, food supermarkets, food factories and the like, it is an important issue to prevent flying insects from being mixed into food. As a countermeasure against flying insects, the distribution of insecticides is usually an effective means, but if insecticides are distributed, the insecticide itself or the dead bodies of flying insects may be mixed into the food. There is a problem that it is difficult to use in the handling site.

  In addition, insect traps that attract flying insects with ultraviolet light and scents are also provided, but actively attracting flying insects may lead to encouraging contamination, especially near the entrance of a building When an insect trap is installed indoors, there is a risk that flying insects will be attracted indoors from outside. In addition, in places where customers gather, such as restaurants and food supermarkets, attracted flying insects may fly indoors, and the dead bodies of captured flying insects may give the customer an unpleasant impression. There is a need for ingenuity to capture flying insects in a state where it is difficult to notice the presence of the vessel and the dead bodies of the captured flying insects are inconspicuous.

  In order to deal with such problems, for example, an invention is disclosed in which a dead body of captured flying insects is made inconspicuous by covering an adhesive surface for capturing flying insects with a cover (see Patent Documents 1 and 2). Further, a device has been disclosed in which an attracting substance and a sticky substance are applied to artificial leaves that simulate a potted plant flower, and placed next to the potted flower to capture flying insects (see Patent Document 3).

JP 2015-1958589 A JP 2006-611146 A Utility Model Registration No. 3105663

  According to the method disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 for hiding the adhesive surface, it is difficult to see the dead bodies of the captured flying insects, but the flying insect capturing device described in Patent Document 1 is indeed a flying insect. It is in the form of a device for capturing food, and the possibility of giving an unpleasant impression to customers who come to the store for eating and drinking and purchasing food cannot be denied. If it is possible to make it look like a decoration if it is an insect trap with an insect trap cover described in Patent Document 2, it is usually not to be installed in a restaurant or a food supermarket. There is a risk of giving an unnatural impression.

  On the other hand, according to the pest-capture simulated flower described in Patent Document 3, there is a possibility that it can be installed in a store or the like in a natural state as a foliage plant. This can result in an unpleasant impression on the customer's eyes. In addition, since the captured pseudo flower is planted beside the foliage plant, there is a problem that the original beauty of the foliage plant is impaired when a small pseudo flower is planted beside it.

  The present invention has been made in order to cope with such a problem, and even if it is installed in a place that is easily noticeable such as a store where customers such as restaurants and food supermarkets gather, it makes the customer feel uncomfortable and uncomfortable. It is an object of the present invention to provide a flying insect trap that can catch flying insects without giving them.

  In the present invention, the problem according to the present application has been solved by a flying insect catcher having the following characteristics by utilizing the characteristics of flying insects such as flies that can easily select narrow leaves as resting places.

  The present invention is a flight using a potted artificial plant having needle-shaped, linear, or needle-shaped leaves made of a non-adhesive material to which an insecticide is applied or immersed or kneaded with an insecticide. It is an insect trap.

  According to the present invention having such features, a flying insect such as a fly flying in the vicinity of the flying insect trapping device according to the present invention stays in the leaf portion of the flying insect capturing device without being actively attracted by an ultraviolet light or a smell. When the insecticide applied to the leaves is taken in, the insects fall from the non-adhesive leaves to the lower part and are captured, and the dead bodies accumulate in places that are not noticeable, such as pots and pot dishes. In this way, a flying insect catching device is realized in which the appearance of a foliage plant does not impair the design, and the dead bodies of captured flying insects are hardly noticeable.

  The present invention can also be characterized in that the leaf width of the artificial plant is 5 cm or less and the length is 10 cm or more and 100 cm or less.

  According to the results of experiments conducted by the applicant, it is clear that flying insects can easily select needle-shaped, linear, or needle-shaped narrow leaves as resting places. For this, it is preferable to set the size of the leaves to the above size.

  In the present invention, the artificial plant has an upright shape in which leaves gather in the center, and the length of each leaf is the length from the tip of the leaf viewed from above to the center in which the leaves gather, When the outer periphery of the pot in which the artificial plant is planted is inside the outer periphery of the pot plate on which the pot is placed (including the case of overlapping), the length of the pot plate from the position where the outer periphery of the pot plate overlaps with the leaf 4/3 or less, when the outer periphery of the pot is outside the outer periphery of the bowl in which the pot is placed, the outer periphery of the pot is 4/3 or less of the length from the position where the outer periphery of the pot overlaps the leaf to the center. It can also be characterized.

  In order to make it easier for flying insects that have taken in insecticide to fall into the pot or bowl, the tip of the leaf seen from above must be inside the outer circumference of the pot or bowl. However, according to the results of experiments conducted by the applicant, flying insects hardly stay at the tip of the leaf, and often stay on the side closer to the center. It becomes possible to store the dead dead insects in the bowl or the bowl.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that a non-adhesive material in which an attracting substance that promotes oral intake to flying insects is applied or immersed, or in which the attracting substance is kneaded is used for the leaf of the artificial plant. You can also

  Thus, in addition to the insecticide, if an attractant that becomes a bait such as sugar that promotes oral intake is applied to the leaf, the intake of the insecticide of the flying insect that has settled on the leaf is promoted, and the insecticide This is effective in increasing the capture efficiency by shortening the time until the effect occurs, that is, until the flying insect falls.

  In addition, the present invention may be characterized in that an adhesive surface is provided on at least a part of the upper surface of a pot in which an artificial plant is planted or a pot on which a pot is placed.

  In this way, if a sticky sheet or the like is provided in a range where flying insects that have taken an insecticide are likely to fall, it is possible to prevent the flying insects that have fallen from reviving and flying again. If the adhesive surface is peeled off, the carcass can be easily recovered.

  In the present invention, it is preferable to use an artificial plant in consideration of the convenience of maintenance and production efficiency, the fact that it does not become a new insect source, but instead of an artificial plant, a needle shape, Use potted plants with linear or needle-shaped non-sticky leaves, apply insecticides to the leaves, or use insecticides that migrate through the plant body such as osmotic and tree trunking agents Thus, it is possible to obtain the same effect.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the flying insect trap which does not impair the designability by the appearance like a foliage plant, and the dead body of the captured flying insect is not conspicuous is provided. The flying insect catcher according to the present invention is particularly suitable for stores that handle foods and gather customers, such as restaurants and food supermarkets, and are expected to exhibit a remarkable effect on flying insect countermeasures at such sites. it can.

1 is a perspective view of a flying insect trap according to the present invention. It is a front view of the flying insect catching tool which concerns on this invention. It is a top view of the flying insect trap concerning the present invention. It is a 1st figure (plan view) which shows the relationship between the length of the leaf in the flying insect capture tool which concerns on this invention, and the magnitude | size of a pot. It is a 2nd figure (front view) which shows the relationship between the length of the leaf in the flying insect trap which concerns on this invention, and the magnitude | size of a pot.

  Embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. The following description shows an example of the embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described here.

  The flying insect trap according to the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 5 is an example using an artificial plant imitating a potted tiger grass (artificial plant 1 in FIGS. 1 to 3). By using the characteristics of flying insects such as flies that can easily select narrow, leaf-shaped, needle-shaped, or needle-shaped leaves as a resting place, insecticides are included in the leaves, and insects trapped in the leaves are killed. Capture flying insects by ingesting the agent. If the leaves are non-sticky, the flying insects that have taken in the insecticide can be found in pots in which artificial plants are planted (pots 2 in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3) or in pots in which pots are placed (FIGS. 1 to 3). It falls into the inside of the pot plate 3), so that even if the dead body is accumulated, it is difficult to see from the outside.

  Although it has been known for a long time that flying insects tend to stay in a three-dimensional structure, in the present invention, the characteristics of flying insects such as flies that can easily select needle-shaped, linear or needle-shaped narrow leaves as resting places are selected. We are using. In an experiment conducted by the applicant, an artificial plant imitating a yucca leaf-shaped yucca and an artificial plant imitating a fig leaf-shaped leaf are 4.6 m × 6.25 m wide and the ceiling height is 2.5 m. Placed in the room, released 30 house flies and observed 3 times in 60 minutes. The number of times the house flies fell on the leaves was 15 times for the needle-shaped yucca and 7 times for the broad-leaf figs. It has been confirmed that narrow leaves of needle shape, linear shape, and needle shape are more likely to be selected as resting places for flying insects than wide leaves such as oval and circular shapes.

  The artificial plant used in the present invention is not limited to those imitating tiger glass as in the examples of FIGS. 1 to 5 as long as it has needle-shaped, linear or needle-shaped leaves, and bamboo and yucca. It may be a model of another plant such as a fictitious artificial plant that does not exist in nature. Considering the convenience of maintenance and production efficiency, and the fact that it does not become a source of new insects, it is preferable to use artificial plants, but instead of artificial plants, needle-shaped, linear or needle-shaped It is good also as employ | adopting the pot-plant type plant provided with the non-adhesive leaf.

  In addition to the method of applying an insecticide to the leaf of an artificial plant by spraying or the like on the surface of the leaf, the processed leaf is impregnated with the insecticide, and the leaf in which the insecticide is immersed is added. It is good also as using, and it is good also as processing the raw material in which the insecticide was kneaded into the shape of a leaf. When applying an insecticide on the leaf surface, plastic materials such as polyvinyl chloride may be used for the leaf material, and when the insecticide is immersed in the leaf, the leaf material is paper or non-woven fabric. Etc. may be used. In the case of processing a material in which an insecticide is kneaded into a leaf shape, polyethylene, polyester, polypropylene, or the like can be used. When using natural plants instead of artificial plants, in order to include insecticides in the leaves, apply insecticides on the surface of the leaves by spraying, etc., or plants such as osmotic transfer agents and trunk injection agents Insecticides that migrate through the body will be used.

  It is necessary to ingest insecticides for flying insects that have settled on the leaves. If insecticides that produce effects through the skin are used, the leaves may contain only insecticides. In order to increase the effect and shorten the time it takes for the flying insects to fall after they have settled on the leaves, the leaves are combined with an insecticide to contain an attractant that promotes oral intake such as sugar that feeds the flying insects. Is effective. In addition to the method of applying an attracting substance such as sugar to the leaf by spraying or the like on the surface of the leaf together with the insecticide, the leaf may be immersed in the leaf together with the insecticide. It is also possible to process a material in which an attracting substance such as sugar is kneaded into a leaf shape.

  The type of insecticide to be included in the leaf is not particularly limited, but it must be non-repellent so as not to prevent flying insects from staying on the leaf, and again after stopping on the leaf. It is preferable that it has a high immediate effect so that an effect is produced before flight. In addition, since there is a possibility that the place where it can be used is limited if it has a strong odor, it is preferably odorless. As an insecticide that satisfies these requirements, for example, dinotefuran, a neonicotinoid insecticide, is suitable. It is.

  The size of the leaf is not limited as long as the flying insect can be easily selected as a resting place, but the leaf size is not limited, but the leaf width is 5 cm or less and the length is 10 cm or more and 100 cm. The following are particularly preferred and are suitable in the present invention. Using such elongated, non-sticky leaves, there is less overlap between the leaves, and gaps are more likely to occur, so when flying insects that have taken in insecticide fall off, The effect that it becomes easy to fall to a bowl also arises.

  In an experiment conducted by the applicant, an artificial plant simulating bamboo with leaf-shaped needles (leaf width of 15 mm or less and leaf length of 30-70 mm) and tiger glass with leaf-shaped needles (leaf width is An artificial plant simulating 10 mm or less and leaf length of 500-1,000 mm) is placed in a room with a size of 4.6 m x 6.25 m and a ceiling height of 2.5 m, and 30 house flies are released for 60 minutes. When observed three times, the number of times that the house fly caught on the leaves was 9 times for bamboo and 19 times for tigergrass, resting on the leaves of a relatively long tigergrass, even among the narrow leaves. It has been confirmed that it is easy to select a place.

  In addition, in order to reduce the installation space as much as possible, in order to create a shape where there is little overlap between the leaves and the gap is likely to occur, the artificial plant stands upright on the pot as clearly shown in the front view of FIG. In addition, the shape is preferably such that the leaves gather at the center.

  The relationship between the size of an artificial plant (or natural plant) and the size of a pot plate in which a pot in which the artificial plant (or natural plant) is planted will be described with reference to FIGS. In order to make it easier for a flying insect ingesting an insecticide to fall inside a pot or pot plate, the tip of the leaf seen from the upper side is either on the outside of the pot or pot plate (see FIGS. 4 and 5). In the case of an example, it is preferably inside the outer periphery of the bowl), but according to the results of the experiment conducted by the applicant, the flying insects hardly stayed at the tip of the leaf, on the side closer to the center Because it often stops, the length from the tip of the leaf to the center is either the outer side of the bowl or the bowl (in the example of FIGS. 4 and 5, from the outer circumference to the center) If it falls within 4/3 or less of the length, it is possible to fit the dead dead insects in the bowl or bowl.

  In the case of FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 in which the outer periphery of the pot is inside the outer periphery of the bowl (the same applies to the case of overlapping), in the plan view seen from the upper side shown in FIG. The length of XY that connects the tip Y of the leaf that extends farthest from X connects the center X and Z, where the outer periphery of the pot plate overlaps the leaf that extends farthest from X It is preferable to be 4/3 or less of the length of XZ. When the outer periphery of the pot is outside the outer periphery of the pot plate, it is preferable that the same relationship is established, where Z is the position where the outer periphery of the pot overlaps with the leaf extending farthest from X.

  In the front view shown in FIG. 5, the length of X-Y1 connecting the central portion X where the leaves gather and the distal end portion Y1 of the leaf extending farthest from X is the central portion X and the outer circumference of the pot plate is X. It is preferable that it becomes 4/3 or less of the length of X-Z1 which connects Z1 which is the position which overlaps with the leaf extended the farthest from. The length of X-Y2 is less than or equal to 4/3 of the length of X-Z2 for the tip Y2 of the leaf that extends farthest on the opposite side and Z2 where the leaf overlaps the outer periphery of the bowl. Will be. When the outer periphery of the pot is outside the outer periphery of the pot plate, it is preferable that the positions where the outer periphery of the pot overlaps with the leaves extending farthest from X are Z1 and Z2, and the same relationship is obtained.

  Also, if a sticky sheet with a sticky surface is applied to the area where flying insects that have taken in the insecticide on the top surface of the bowl or bowl are likely to fall, the falling flying insects will revive and fly again. Can be prevented. If the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet is detachable, the carcasses can be easily recovered by peeling off the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet. In the example of FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, the adhesive sheet 4 is provided on the upper surface of the pot plate. However, the flying insect that ingested the insecticide may fall on the upper surface of the pot. If the outer periphery of the bowl becomes larger than the bowl, the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet needs to be provided on the upper surface of the bowl. The material of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet is not particularly limited, and may be made of paper, or a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet made of polyester or polypropylene may be used.

  The size of the whole artificial plant is not particularly limited, but if it is to be installed near food, in order to prevent the flying insects that fall after taking an insecticide from entering the food, It is preferable to use a relatively small artificial plant such that all the leaves are within a range of 50 cm in diameter as viewed from above.

  Place powdered milk and water that feeds the housefly in a room with a size of 4.6m x 6.25m and a ceiling height of 2.5m. Tigergrass (with a leaf width of 10mm or less and a leaf length of 500mm) 3m away from it. A flying insect trap according to the present invention using an artificial plant simulating the following was installed. The length from the tip of the tiger grass leaves to the center where the leaves gather is within 4/3 of the length from the outer periphery of the pot plate outside the pot to the center. Yes. The neonicotinoid insecticide dinotefuran and sugar are applied to the surface of the artificial plant leaf by spray treatment. A pot is placed under the pot where the artificial plant is planted, and adhesive paper is placed on the top of the pot.

  In the above-mentioned state, when the progress of the release of the housefly was observed, the survival rate of the housefly investigated after 1 hour and 3 hours was as shown in Table 1 below, and it was confirmed that the housefly is effectively exterminated. did it.

  In this example, the percentage of the house fly that was dropped and exterminated was 78% for the first time and 82% for the second time. There was no housefly caught. Many house flies fall on the adhesive paper on the top of the pot plate due to the effect of the insecticide about 30 seconds after stopping on the leaves, but they fly again before dropping, and there are also house flies that fall outside the pot plate However, they all fell to the floor, and the house fly did not fall into the container of powdered milk and water. It is done.

1 Artificial Plant 2 Bowl 3 Bowl Dish 4 Adhesive Sheet

Claims (5)

  A flying insect trap using a potted artificial plant having a needle-shaped, linear or needle-shaped leaf made of a non-adhesive material, coated or immersed with an insecticide or kneaded with an insecticide. The flying insect trap according to claim 1, wherein the leaf of the artificial plant has a width of 5 cm or less and a length of 10 cm to 100 cm. The artificial plant is an upright shape where the leaves gather in the center, and the length of each leaf is the length from the tip of the leaf to the center where the leaves gather as seen from above, and the artificial plant was planted When the outer periphery of the pot is inside the outer periphery of the pot plate on which the pot is placed (including the case of overlapping), the outer periphery of the pot plate is not more than 4/3 of the length from the position where the outer periphery of the pot plate overlaps the leaf, When the outer periphery of the pot is outside the outer periphery of the pot plate on which the pot is placed, the outer periphery of the pot is less than or equal to four-thirds of the length from the position overlapping the leaf to the central portion. Item 3. A flying insect trap according to item 1 or 2. The non-adhesive material in which an attracting substance that promotes oral intake to a flying insect is applied or immersed, or in which the attracting substance is kneaded is used for the leaf of the artificial plant. The flying insect trap according to any one of the above. The flying insect trap according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein an adhesive surface is provided on at least a part of the upper surface of a pot in which an artificial plant is planted or a pot.