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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2000
Philip G. Koehler, Gainesville, FL (US);
Faith M. Oi, Gainesville, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A termite control system kit. A several step process starts with taking a tube with a removal cap at one end, such as a two to four inch PVC tube, and filling the inner chamber with a food source such as rolled cardboard. The tube is then placed with its open end adjacent to a termite population so that live termites can then enter the entrance/exit of the tube to reach the food source. Once termites are inside the tube, the cap is removed from the tube, and a non-edible foraging matrix, such as a disc of loose soil and or sand that is treated with a slow acting and non-repellant toxicant, is placed between the food source in the chamber and the termite entrance/exit of the chamber. Slow acting and non-repellent toxicants can be non-immediate lethal doses of fipronil, chlorfenapyr, imidacloprid, and chlorpyrifos. The termites are then forced to pass through and disperse the slow-acting and non-repellent toxicant on soil particles or other non-edible foraging matrices through their tunnels and living space in order to kill termites. Termites that contact tunnels and living space contaminated with the treated non-edible foraging matrix particles die over time.