The invention is a vapourising device (10) for vapourising a volatile liquid for supply to an environment. The device has a housing 100 having an inlet (109) for receiving inlet air which is warmed by inlet heater (111) before being supplied to cartridge assembly (200). Cartridge assembly (200) has a reservoir (204) for containing the liquid to be vapourised and at least one wick (206), one end of which is located in the reservoir to receive and transport the liquid to the other, exposed end of the wick where the liquid evaporates and mixes with the supplied stream of heated inlet air. The wick may be heated by a wick heater (211). The device also includes an outlet duct section (217) between the wick (206) and the outlet (221) which is conical in shape and is configured to accelerate the flow of the mixture of inlet air and vapourised liquid away from the wick towards the outlet (221). The invention provides increased control of the vapourisation process and helps to reduce condensation of the volatile liquid back onto the apparatus or onto surrounding surfaces.

The present invention provides a compound having an excellent efficacy for controlling pests. According to the present invention, a compound represented by formula (I) [wherein Q represents a group represented by Q1, or a group represented by Q2 (where • represents a binding site to a benzene ring), E represents a C5-C6 cycloalkenyl group and so on, L represents an oxygen atom or NH, a combination of R.sup.1 and n represents a combination where R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, and n is 1, and so on, and R.sup.2 represents a methyl group and so on] or its N-oxide, or agriculturally acceptable salts thereof has an excellent efficacy for controlling pests.

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Pitfall traps, coasters, devices, apparatus, systems and methods for capturing crawling insects, such as bed bugs, and/or for preventing the insects from climbing up furniture legs to furniture such as beds, cots, chairs and any type of furniture where a person would rest or sleep. Smooth slick surfaces and/or pesticide treated surfaces can be located on underside facing horizontal or angled surfaces used with or without sticky surfaces which all can be used to prevent insect and bed bug travel and assist in helping trap the insects and bed bugs.

Pitfall traps, coasters, devices, apparatus, systems and methods for capturing crawling insects, such as bed bugs, and/or for preventing the insects from climbing up furniture legs to furniture such as beds, cots, chairs and any type of furniture where a person would rest or sleep. Smooth slick surfaces and/or pesticide treated surfaces can be located on underside facing horizontal or angled surfaces used with or without sticky surfaces which all can be used to prevent insect and bed bug travel and assist in helping trap the insects and bed bugs.

A liquid ant bait pack having a primary bait well and a plurality of feeding reservoirs for holding liquid bait is provided in which the walls of the feeding reservoirs as well as the primary bait well are sloped to facilitate ant access to the liquid bait held therein while reducing the risk of the ants falling into the bait and drowning. Ant access is further facilitated by dry platform areas positioned between the reservoirs. The inclusion of multiple feeding reservoirs, the bait well and the dry platform areas provides an increased area over which ants can simultaneously access the bait. The entrance to the bait pack is sealed during manufacture and then readily opened by the consumer using a tear-off tab that can removed without the need for any tools.

The present disclosure generally relates to the field of pest elimination including all life stages of bed bugs. The present disclosure includes articles, systems, and methods of heat treatment to target and kill pests.

A system, method, and apparatus for thermal management of Varroa mite infestations in manmade beehives includes a portable direct current controller that selectively controls power to a heated bottom board that is installed underneath the bottommost brood box of the beehive. The bottom board elevates the temperature within the brood boxes to a constant temperature of approximately 107° F. The bottom board provides an entrance that is movable between a closed condition and an open condition. An adjustable queen excluder is disposed between the uppermost brood box and the honey super box, wherein the queen excluder is moveable between a passage position and an exclusion position preventing passage of the entire honeybee colony between the brood boxes and the honey super boxes. The excluded position prevents leakage of the heat as well as keeps the honey super boxes below the elevated temperature.

Bait stations are disclosed that include a housing having an upper casing and a lower casing coupled to form an interior cavity. A pad, gel, or variations thereof that carry food are disposed within the interior cavity. The lower casing includes a base having a peripheral flange that defines an outer edge, an outer wall that is spaced apart from the outer edge and extends upwardly from the peripheral base flange to a top edge, and an inner wall that extends from the top edge to a first surface to define a receiving space therein. The upper casing includes a plurality of apertures that are configured to allow insects therethrough into the interior cavity.

The present disclosure relates to methods and devices for controlling arthropods, including insects and arachnids in an environment. The methods generally comprise: generating a near-ideal gas Purified Hydrogen Peroxide Gas (PHPG) that is substantially non-hydrated (e.g., in the form of water in solution or water in solution or water molecules bonded by covalence, van der Waals forces, or London forces) and substantially free of, e.g., ozone, plasma species, and/or organic species; and directing the gas comprising primarily PHPG into the environment such that the PHPG acts to control arachnids in the environment. In certain aspects, the arachnids may be totally or partially killed.

Devices, systems, and methods for controlling insects in a smoke detector device are described herein. One insect controlling smoke detector device, includes a housing having a smoke detecting chamber formed therein, a light source directing a light beam through the smoke detecting chamber, a light sensor to receive a portion of the light beam and analyze the received light beam to determine whether smoke particles are present in the chamber, and an insecticide injecting apparatus to inject insecticide into the chamber.