A growing medium for use in plugging pest orifices includes a bulking agent and a water-retentive polymer blended together and compressed at a volume-to-volume ratio greater than 3:1, wherein the growing medium is at least 50% superabsorbing polymer.

A bird protection glass includes a glass pane with a periodically repeating dot pattern, the reflection properties of which differ from those of the glass pane. In order to be effective, known bird protection glass had to be printed relatively densely, which compromised the visual appearance and transparency. The task of designing a bird protection glass so that it is highly effective, on the one hand, and only slightly compromises the transparent effect of the glass, on the other, is realized in that a maximum of 5% of the surface of glass pane is covered with the dot pattern.

A bird protection glass includes a glass pane with a periodically repeating dot pattern, the reflection properties of which differ from those of the glass pane. In order to be effective, known bird protection glass had to be printed relatively densely, which compromised the visual appearance and transparency. The task of designing a bird protection glass so that it is highly effective, on the one hand, and only slightly compromises the transparent effect of the glass, on the other, is realized in that a maximum of 5% of the surface of glass pane is covered with the dot pattern.

A mole eradication system is provided having a sleeve having a distal end for positioning in the ground, a rod having a distal end axially extending at least partially within said sleeve, at least one sharp connected near the distal end of said rod and radially extending from said rod, said sleeve and said rod axially movable in a first direction with respect to each other to radially expose said at least one sharp near a distal end of said sleeve.

A tick control tube includes a carrier medium and a treated bedding material. The treated bedding material is impregnated with an acaricide and an oral deterrent. In one aspect of the tick control tube, the carrier medium is a cardboard tube and the bedding material is a fibrous cotton, the acaricide is permethrin, and the oral deterrent is denatonium benzoate.

A tick control tube includes a carrier medium and a treated bedding material. The treated bedding material is impregnated with an acaricide and an oral deterrent. In one aspect of the tick control tube, the carrier medium is a cardboard tube and the bedding material is a fibrous cotton, the acaricide is permethrin, and the oral deterrent is denatonium benzoate.

This disclosure provides a method of detecting and deterring a target animal from a target area. A target area is positioned within the field of vision of a video camera connected to a computer processing system. An animal identification computer program using convolution neural networks and deep learning computer programs and camera images rapidly detects a target animal. The animal identification computer program is trained to identify target animals accurately using a learning algorithm and related machine learning technology. The time to deploy a deterrent against a target animal from the instant of detection is 2 seconds or less so that little or no time is available to the target animal to damage the target area.

This disclosure provides a method of detecting and deterring a target animal from a target area. A target area is positioned within the field of vision of a video camera connected to a computer processing system. An animal identification computer program using convolution neural networks and deep learning computer programs and camera images rapidly detects a target animal. The animal identification computer program is trained to identify target animals accurately using a learning algorithm and related machine learning technology. The time to deploy a deterrent against a target animal from the instant of detection is 2 seconds or less so that little or no time is available to the target animal to damage the target area.

The present invention relates to a lighting element including an insect repelling element.

The present invention relates to a lighting element including an insect repelling element.