An applicator assembly for gel-based product and method of use that includes a housing enclosing a pump with a handle extending from the housing. The handle holds a flush mounted trigger assembly that operates the pump. Product is drawn from an external cartridge by vacuum. A movable plug maintains product structural integrity as product is withdrawn from the cartridge.

A product and a device for controlling pests is particularly suited for controlling rodents, such as mice. The product contains, or consists of, one or more active agents from the group of grayanotoxins in an effective amount.

A mounting and positioning device 10 comprises a disc 11 having a termite detection region in the form of a hole 12. The device entices termites to the detection region 12 using termite scaffold as an array of slats 13 made from a termite consumable material fitted around the hole 12 using an array of flanges 14 which frictionally grip the slats. Concentric frangible sections in the form of weakened rings 22, 23, 24 and 25 permit marginal sections of the device to be removed so that it may fit inside different sized termite monitors.

Compositions attractive to rodents, such as mice and rats, include one or more of androstenone, testosterone, progesterone, and estrogen. The compositions can further include at least one of a lethal agent or a chemosterilant. The androstenone, testosterone, progesterone, and estrogen are isolated, purified, and/or synthetic. Devices, traps, and methods of using the compositions are also disclosed.

Compositions attractive to rodents, such as mice and rats, include one or more of androstenone, testosterone, progesterone, and estrogen. The compositions can further include at least one of a lethal agent or a chemosterilant. The androstenone, testosterone, progesterone, and estrogen are isolated, purified, and/or synthetic. Devices, traps, and methods of using the compositions are also disclosed.

Animal feeders are disclosed that include housings resilient to specific species, feed compartments resilient to selected species, a protected region in the housing, a barrier between the protected region and the feed compartment, an access door, a species recognition device, an access door actuator, a controller, and an arm projecting through the housing or the barrier.

A container for fluid, including a container housing, a button atop the container housing, an overcap at least partially enclosing the button, the overcap having an orifice to allow flow of the fluid and an aperture for facilitating actuation of the button, the overcap further having a projecting member, and a fitting member disposed at least partially circumferentially about the container.

Optical remote sensing systems are provided for quantifying aerial or aquatic fauna with respect to number of living organisms, such as animals, such as insects, birds, bats or aquatic organisms, and to biological specificity.

A rodent bait station having a counting mechanism configured to monitor the number of rodents entering the bait chamber of a rodent bait station. The housing has a counting mechanism in communication with the entrance of at least one bait chamber opening. A sensor is in communication with the counting mechanism. The counting mechanism can be mechanically actuated or electronically activated when the sensor detects a rodent entering through the bait chamber of the bait station. The bait chamber has at least one bait rod having an end that is hingedly connected to an inner wall of the bait chamber. A resilient member is in communication with the bait rod to position the bait rod in a substantially horizontal orientation when the housing lid is closed and to position the bait rod in a substantially vertical orientation when the housing lid is opened.

The instant disclosure provides an ability to use an array of data inputs to enter a network and thereby provide a realtime improvable database. The present invention is novel in its ability to maximize the customer's interface with a pest control system, thus allowing for maximum efficiency for current and future designs as well as a high level of compatibility with ancillary regulatory, financial and planning type functions.