METHOD TO CONTROL PESTS

摘要

Among the embodiments of the present invention is a system (1100) including a pest control device (1110) and a magnetic field source (1108) external to the pest control device (1110). The pest control device (1110) has a bait (1032) operable to be consumed or displaced by one or more species of pest, a pest sensing circuit (1152), and a monitoring circuit (1169) coupled to the pest sensing circuit (1152). The monitoring circuit (1169) includes a device (1123) responsive to a magnetic field provided by the magnetic field source (1108) to output status information about the pest sensing circuit (1152).