| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention relates to insect control and provides an apparatus which performs insect attraction and killing. An attractant is emitted from the device in the environnent about the device. The attractant is carbon dioxide which may additionally contain a further chemical attractant such as octenol. Insects, such as mosquitoes, are attracted by the attractant and move down a concentration gradient towards the source of the attractant. An insecticide is intermittently released from the device (16). The expulsion of the insecticide is directed to an area about the local periphery of the device. This intermittent, directed expulsion of insecticide from the device results in the insects which have been attracted towards the device by the attractant being exposed to the insecticide.</p> |
