Devices and methods for pest control, including devices useful to place pest control devices at locations of use such as at a crop (e.g., at a branch of a tree), certain embodiments of devices including a capsule and a tether that can become tangled or caught in a tree or other crop location.

Devices and methods for pest control, including devices useful to place pest control devices at locations of use such as at a crop (e.g., at a branch of a tree), certain embodiments of devices including a capsule and a tether that can become tangled or caught in a tree or other crop location.

A device for generating a scented mist of an atomized liquid fragrance oil includes an atomizer complex, a reservoir assembly, a drainage tube, and a vacuum tube. The atomizer complex can atomize the liquid fragrance oil into a scented mist and deliver the scented mist to air outside of the atomizer complex, where the liquid fragrance oil the fragrance oil that is not atomized into the scented mist delivered to the air outside of the atomizer complex includes collected oil that is collected and drained to a reservoir assembly. A drainage tube extends from a bottom area of the atomizer complex into the liquid fragrance oil. The device can filter the liquid fragrance oil in the reservoir assembly and the collected oil from the atomizer complex that drained down the drainage tube. The vacuum tube can suction the filtered liquid fragrance oil and the collected oil into the atomizer complex for atomization.

The invention relates to a diffusing apparatus for diffusing a substance in the vapor state into the surrounding air, and in particular to a removable assembly of said apparatus which includes a storage container (10, 110, 210) including an orifice (12) and containing a liquid substance selected from semiochemical molecules, pheromones, allomones, kairomones, synomones and fragrances of natural or synthetic origin, and an inner cellular retaining member housed at least in a mouth area of the storage container which is adjacent to the opening and set back from the opening. The removable assembly of the apparatus may include a dispensing member (30) including a porous body having an evaporation surface located outside the storage container. The substance may have a viscosity which varies according to temperature, the viscosity and the surface tension of the liquid substance being such that when the acceleration due to gravity is exerted from the opening toward the porous body, the substance does not flow through the porous body at an ambient temperature below a first temperature.

A liquid dispenser is described, having a tank configured to deliver and present a liquid in a drink basin within a tray base. The liquid may be a liquid bait for population control of small animals. To reduce evaporation and liquid waste, the tray base may be partially covered by a tray top. A spill basin may surround the drink basin, and may be configured so that tilting or inverting the liquid dispenser drains a liquid from the spill basin and drink basin back into the tank.

A compound of formula (I) or an N-oxide thereof, a composition for controlling harmful arthropods including the compound, and a method for controlling harmful arthropods by applying the compound,

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where Q represents a group represented by formula Q1 etc., Z represents an oxygen atom etc., A.sup.1 represents CR.sup.4a etc., A.sup.2 represents a nitrogen atom etc., B.sup.1 represents a nitrogen atom or CR.sup.6a etc., B.sup.2 represents CR.sup.1 etc., B.sup.3 represents a nitrogen atom or CR.sup.6c etc., B.sup.4 represents a nitrogen atom or CR.sup.6d etc., R.sup.1 represents a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group etc., R.sup.2 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group etc., R.sup.3a, R.sup.3b and R.sup.3d are identical to or different from each other and each represents a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group etc., R.sup.4a, R.sup.6a, R.sup.6c and R.sup.6d are identical to or different from each other and each represents a C1-C6 chain hydrocarbon group etc., and n is 0, 1 or 2.

Disclosed herein are spatial insect repellent compositions comprising pyrethrins and about 5% to about 20% by weight p-menthane-3,8-diol.

The portable insecticide dispenser is an electromechanical device. The portable insecticide dispenser vaporizes an insecticide using a method selected from the group consisting of evaporation and sublimation. The portable insecticide dispenser diffuses the vaporized insecticide into the atmosphere. The portable insecticide dispenser comprises a housing, a control circuit, and an essential oil. The housing contains the control circuit and the essential oil. The essential oil is a lipid-based substance that contains a substance known to be an insecticide. The control circuit vaporizes the essential oil such that the insecticide forms a gas phase that mixes into the atmosphere. The control circuit further mechanically diffuses the gas phase of the insecticide into the atmosphere.

The ectoparasite eradicating device is configured to eradicate lice and eggs by conveying and directing heated air to the base of the hair shaft where lice live and lay egg by connecting to a common commercially available blow dryer. The device includes a rotatable sleeve to facilitate maintenance of contact of the lower concave edge with the scalp over a range of movements of the blow dryer. A plate with a flow disrupting lip separates the hot air flow from the scalp to avoid burning, while ensuring effective treatment of the hair to the root at the edge of the plate.

A pest control assembly is configured to prevent pests from entering a structure. The pest control assembly has a plumbing system, with a drain line joined to a first cleanout. A ledge is arranged on the first cleanout. A pest control insert placed upon the ledge and further comprising a cylindrical body further having a plurality of openings are arranged upon an upper half of the cylindrical body. A chlorine gas emitted from the cylindrical body through the plurality of openings prevents pests from entering the structure.