# US 10,765,100 B2 · Attractants and bait stations comprising date-derived syrup products for attracting flies and methods therein > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,765,100 B2 - Document ID: US10765100B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/115,922 - Filed: 2015-01-19 - Published: 2017-06-15 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2014-02-02 - Assignees: Wto Investments, LLC - Applicants: Westham Ltd. - Inventors: Yosef Schlein; Miri Barak-Simchoni - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10765100B2 ## CPC - A01M 1/02: with devices {or substances, e.g. food, pheronones} attracting the insects - A01M 1/106: {for flying insects} - A01M 1/14: Catching by adhesive surfaces - A01N 25/006: {insecticidal} - Y02A 50/30: Against vector-borne diseases, e.g. mosquito-borne, fly-borne, tick-borne or waterborne diseases whose impact is exacerbated by climate change - A01M: CATCHING, TRAPPING OR SCARING OF ANIMALS (appliances for catching swarms or drone-catching A01K57/00; fishing A01K69/00 - {A01K99/00}; biocides, pest repellants or attractants A01N); APPARATUS FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF NOXIOUS ANIMALS OR NOXIOUS PLANTS - A01N: PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTS THEREOF (preservation of food or foodstuff A23); BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES OR AS HERBICIDES (preparations for medical, dental or toiletry purposes which kill or prevent the growth or proliferation of unwanted organisms A61K); PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS - Y02A: TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE ## Abstract The present invention discloses attractants and bait stations comprising date-derived syrup products for attracting biting flies and methods therein. The methods including the steps of: providing a bait station including: a date-derived syrup product for attracting at least one type of biting fly selected from the group consisting of: mosquitoes, sand flies, stable flies, biting midges, and stomoxys; and a substrate material for supporting the date-derived syrup product; and locating the bait station in a designated geographic area in order to attract said at least one type of biting fly. Preferably, the date-derived syrup product is derived from at least one date material selected from the group consisting of: dates, date paste, date syrup obtained from pressed dates, and commercially-available date syrup. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A bait station for attracting biting flies, the bait station comprising: (a) a date-derived syrup product, adapted to exhibit sustained, long-term effectiveness, for attracting at least one type of biting fly selected from the group consisting of: mosquitoes, sand flies, stable flies, biting midges, and stomoxys, wherein said date-derived syrup product includes a syrup product derived from non-fermented fruit borne of the Genus Phoenix L. which includes the date palm, Family Arecaceae, the main species Phoenix dactylifera L., P. atlantica A. Chev., P. canariensis Chabeaud, P. reclinata Jacq., P. sylvestris Roxb., P. humilis Royle, P. hanceana Naudin, P. robelinic O'Brein, P. farinifera Roxb., P. rupicola T. Anders., P. acaulis Roxb., and P. paludosa Roxb., Canary Island date palm, Loureir's date palm, Senegal date palm, reclining date palm, pygmy date palm, wild date palm, and descendent species therein; and (b) a substrate material for supporting said date-derived syrup product. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The bait station of claim 1, the bait station further comprising: (c) a protective film for providing said at least one type of biting fly access to said date-derived syrup product. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The bait station of claim 2, wherein said protective film is adapted to be permeable to volatile components. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The bait station of claim 2, wherein said protective film is configured to be piercable by said at least one type of biting fly. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The bait station of claim 1, wherein said date-derived syrup product has a field-effectivity lifetime of greater than about 10 weeks based on attraction index retention of greater than about 70% of an original attraction index, wherein said original attraction index is defined as an average date-bait catch of said at least one type of biting fly with an original use of said date-derived syrup product divided by an average water-control catch of said at least one type of biting fly with plain water in a field environment as a designated geographic area. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The bait station of claim 1, wherein said date-derived syrup product is adapted to provide a discriminating ability to selectively attract said at least one type of biting fly concurrently with discriminately not attracting non-target sugar-feeding insects, wherein said discriminating ability is based on having an attraction index ratio of greater than about 5:1 of an average target attraction index of target biting flies relative to an average non-target attraction index of said non-target sugar-feeding insects, while in the presence of said non-target sugar-feeding insects, wherein said presence means that a target proximity of said date-derived syrup product in relation to said at least one type of biting fly and a non-target proximity of said date-derived syrup product in relation to said non-target sugar-feeding insects are approximately the same. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The bait station of claim 6, wherein said non-target sugar-feeding insects consist essentially of at least one type of sugar-feeding insect selected from the group consisting of: sugar-feeding bees, sugar-feeding wasps, sugar-feeding moths, related sugar-feeding insects of Lepidoptera order, and related sugar-feeding insects of Hymenoptera order. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The bait station of claim 1, wherein said date-derived syrup product is included at a concentration of at least about 10%. ### Claim 9 A method for attracting biting flies, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a bait station including: (i) a date-derived syrup product, adapted to exhibit sustained, long-term effectiveness, for attracting at least one type of biting fly selected from the group consisting of: mosquitoes, sand flies, stable flies, biting midges, and stomoxys, wherein said date-derived syrup product includes a syrup product derived from non-fermented fruit borne of the Genus Phoenix L. which includes the date palm, Family Arecaceae, the main species Phoenix dactylifera L., P. atlantica A. Chev., P. canariensis Chabeaud, P. reclinata Jacq., P. sylvestris Roxb., P. humilis Royle, P. hanceana Naudin, P. robelinic O'Brein, P. farinifera Roxb., P. rupicola T. Anders., P. acaulis Roxb., and P. paludosa Roxb., Canary Island date palm, Loureir's date palm, Senegal date palm, reclining date palm, pygmy date palm, wild date palm, and descendent species therein; and (ii) a substrate material for supporting said date-derived syrup product; and (b) locating said bait station in a designated geographic area in order to attract said at least one type of biting fly. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein said bait station further includes: (iii) a protective film for providing said at least one type of biting fly access to said date-derived syrup product. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein said protective film is adapted to be permeable to volatile components. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein said protective film is configured to be piercable by said at least one type of biting fly. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein said bait station has a field-effectivity lifetime of greater than about 10 weeks based on an attraction index retention of greater than about 70% of an original attraction index, wherein said original attraction index is defined as an average date-bait catch of said at least one type of biting fly with an original use of said date-derived syrup product divided by an average water-control catch of said at least one type of biting fly with plain water in a field environment as said designated geographic area. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein said date-derived syrup product is adapted to provide a discriminating ability to selectively attract said at least one type of biting fly concurrently with discriminately not attracting non-target sugar-feeding insects, wherein said discriminating ability is based on having an attraction index ratio of greater than about 5:1 of an average target attraction index of target biting flies relative to an average non-target attraction index of said non-target sugar-feeding insects, while in the presence of said non-target sugar-feeding insects, wherein said presence means that a target proximity of said date-derived syrup product in relation to said at least one type of biting fly and a non-target proximity of said date-derived syrup product in relation to said non-target sugar-feeding insects are approximately the same. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein said non-target sugar-feeding insects consist essentially of at least one type of sugar-feeding insect selected from the group consisting of: sugar-feeding bees, sugar-feeding wasps, sugar-feeding moths, related sugar-feeding insects of Lepidoptera order, and related sugar-feeding insects of Hymenoptera order. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein said date-derived syrup product is included at a concentration of at least about 10%. ### Claim 17 A method for attracting biting flies at a designated location, the method comprising the steps of: (a) setting a location based on the presence of green vegetation or foliage; and (b) applying a date-derived syrup product, adapted to exhibit sustained, long-term effectiveness, onto said green vegetation or foliage for attracting at least one type of biting fly selected from the group consisting of: mosquitoes, sand flies, stable flies, biting midges, and stomoxys, at the designated location, wherein said date-derived syrup product includes a syrup product derived from non-fermented fruit borne of the Genus Phoenix L. which includes the date palm, Family Arecaceae, the main species Phoenix dactylifera L., P. atlantica A. Chev., P. canariensis Chabeaud, P. reclinata Jacq., P. sylvestris Roxb., P. humilis Royle, P. hanceana Naudin, P. robelinic O'Brein, P. farinifera Roxb., P. rupicola T. Anders., P. acaulis Roxb., and P. paludosa Roxb., Canary Island date palm, Loureir's date palm, Senegal date palm, reclining date palm, pygmy date palm, wild date palm, and descendent species therein. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein said applying is at least one technique selected from the group consisting of: spraying, immersing, smearing, misting, pouring, and dripping. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein said date-derived syrup product has a field-effectivity lifetime of greater than about 10 weeks based on attraction index retention of greater than about 70% of an original attraction index, wherein said original attraction index is defined as an average date-bait catch of said at least one type of biting fly with an original use of said date-derived syrup product divided by an average water-control catch of said at least one type of biting fly with plain water in a field environment as said location. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein said date-derived syrup product is adapted to provide a discriminating ability to selectively attract said at least one type of biting fly concurrently with discriminately not attracting non-target sugar-feeding insects, wherein said discriminating ability is based on having an attraction index ratio of greater than about 5:1 of an average target attraction index of target biting flies relative to an average non-target attraction index of said non-target sugar-feeding insects, while in the presence of said non-target sugar-feeding insects, wherein said presence means that a target proximity of said date-derived syrup product in relation to said at least one type of biting fly and a non-target proximity of said date-derived syrup product in relation to said non-target sugar-feeding insects are approximately the same. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, wherein said non-target sugar-feeding insects consist essentially of at least one type of sugar-feeding insect selected from the group consisting of: sugar-feeding bees, sugar-feeding wasps, sugar-feeding moths, related sugar-feeding insects of Lepidoptera order, and related sugar-feeding insects of Hymenoptera order.