Insect control system

US4988510A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture · US

Inventors

• Richard J. Brenner · Gainesville, US
• Richard S. Patterson · Gainesville, US
• Roger R. Pierce · Cashiers, US
• Marvin H. Hult · Peoria, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 29, 1989
• Grant date: Jan 29, 1991
• Expiry date: Jun 29, 2009

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A01M2200/011
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A packaged bait system for the control of insects, especially cockroaches and other orthopterous insects, comprising an insecticidal food bait composition housed in a bait block holder that allows for easy placement in locations where the probability of encounter by the target insect is high and that makes the bait readily accessible to the target insect. The toxic bait comprises corn distiller's grain, a humectant, an insecticide and a gel former to yield a deformable hydrophilic gel matrix subsequent to hydration.