Insect capture is improved by providing a glue board having an adhesive coating on its front surface and forming a pattern of insect attractant. UV light on that front surface. That pattern includes areas of bright UV light generated by light-emitting diodes behind and visible through the glue board by flying insect, dimmer areas of UV light that bounces off other portions of the device onto the glue board, and areas of shadow on the glue board where no or little UV light is present.

An insect trapping unit that is provided with an adhesive sheet that includes a fluorescent brightening agent and that can transmit ultraviolet rays, and with a reflective member that reflects ultraviolet rays that have been transmitted through the adhesive sheet. The adhesive sheet is provided with an adhesive surface and with a rear surface that is on the opposite side from the adhesive surface. The reflective member faces the rear surface of the adhesive sheet.

A system and method are provided to control the amplification of natural frequencies emanating from molecules, specifically insect sex pheromones. The pheromone molecules are deposited in a resonant cavity that allows the generation of coherent and/or semi-coherent radiation. The molecular emissions are amplified in the resonant cavity and allowed to escape through a small circular opening on top of the resonant cavity. The molecules and/or their emissions dissipate into the surroundings to attract insects towards the cavity. When the insect enters the resonant cavity, a trap door prevents the insect from exiting. The molecular emissions are produced by passive diffusion and passive amplification because no pumping radiation source is required. However pumping radiation can be integrated to assist the passive amplification or serve as a second attractant.

An insect trapping light is shown having a visible light housing, an electronic display screen, and an insect trapping housing. The display screen may be a television screen, picture display screen, movie display screen, computer monitor or display, or the like. The insect trapping housing has a bottom space configured to removably receive an insect bait tray that may be filled with an insect baiting substance to attract insects. The insect trapping housing and the visible light housing combine to form a UV light space or chamber therebetween. An adhesive board is slidably received and held in place upon the visible light housing surface facing the UV light chamber. The spacing between the insect trapping housing and the visible light housing defines the UV light chamber having open sides The UV light chamber also includes a matrix or array of UV lights or light sources.

A system may include a trap and a consumable. The trap may include a data capture mechanism configured to capture data and send the data to a system operator. The consumable may include a device having an associated electronic identification code. A status-determining mechanism may be configured to determine a status of the consumable, which status may be readable via the data capture mechanism. The consumable may include a sensor configured to detect flying insects via mutual capacitance sensing. The sensor may be configured to provide a directional fringe field responsive to a flying insect. The sensor may include a plurality of sensor triplets arranged in a grid array. Each sensor triplet may include a sensor conductor and two electrically conductive un-grounded conductors. The two un-grounded conductors may be disposed one on either side of the sensor conductor to form the sensor triplet.

A flying pest trap (10) comprises a plurality of LEDs (38) and an immobilisation element retaining means (46) for retaining an immobilisation element (12) in a non-planar configuration.

A lighting device is disclosed for use in connection with the extermination of insects. The device has a housing, a power source, and first and second light sources disposed about trap that facilitates extermination of the insect when it encounters the trap. A first light source propagates a wavelength of light ranging from about 370 nm to about 410 nm at a first duty cycle. The second light source propagates a wavelength of light ranging from about 340 nm to about 380 nm at a second duty cycle.

A flying pest trap (8) includes an attraction section (16), an immobilisation section (12), a body section (10) adapted to retain the attraction section (16) and the immobilisation section (12), and a power section (20) adapted to provide power to the attraction section (16). The attraction section (16) includes at least one LED light source located behind the immobilisation section (12).

A fly trap configured to contact a window surface includes a frame and a cover. The frame includes a top surface and a bottom surface. A portion of the bottom surface is configured to contact the window surface, and the frame defines an interior and an ingress for permitting flies to enter the interior from a side of the frame. The cover includes an adhesive fly capture surface configured to face the window surface and attach the cover to the top surface of the frame. The cover enclosing the interior at the top surface of the frame.

An insect trap and a method of using the same. The insect trap includes a housing. The insect trap also includes a glue board receiving space located inside the housing. The insect trap further includes one or more light sources for attracting insects into the housing. The insect trap also includes a camera having a lens. The lens has a front element. The camera is positioned to capture images of a glue board when the glue board is received in the glue board receiving space. There is no line of sight between the or each light source and the front element of the lens. This may prevent light from the or each light source reaching the front element directly. The method can include using an image captured by the camera to determine that a glue board received in the glue board receiving space needs to be replaced.