| 摘要 |
Above ground kits for controlling arthropods such as termites, carpenter ants, fire ants, roaches, combinations, and the like. Embodiments can include mounting a chamber on the inside and outside of a manmade structure such as a house, a building, and a shed. Additionally, the invention can be mounted on a foundation beneath the structure. Furthermore, the above ground invention can be mounted on a side of a fence. Still furthermore, the invention can be placed on the sides of natural items that need protection such as trees, and the like. And still furthermore, the invention can be attached to a planter. Methods for mounting can include adhesive layers such as peel and stick tape, as well as removable fasteners such as hook and loop fasteners. Other fasteners can include nails, screws and stake type members. The chambers can be wrapped in shrink wrap, and the like. The chamber can be cylindrical disc shape having one closed end and closed sides, such as plastic cup, Petri dish, and the like, and can be non-opaque so that interior contents can be viewed from outside. Additionally, the upper end of the chamber can be opened with a removable lid so that chambers can be reused over time. The lower end can include a layer of an edible non-toxic material such as a layer of foam, and the like. On top of the edible layer, can be a layer of a non-edible foraging matrix that contains the slow-acting non-repellent toxicant within the foraging matrix, and this layer can be visible through the top of the chamber. Arthropods climbing up the sides of manmade and natural structures can then pass through the edible foam type layer in the open end of the chamber and then forage into the layer containing the non-edible material which is mixed with the slow-acting non-repellent toxicants. Arthropods leave the above ground chamber in the same direction they came and take the toxicant back to their galleries and colonies where the arthropods will be killed over time.
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