Actuation valve and pest control device

A pneumatically actuated pest control device comprising:

• a housing having an opening defined therein, the opening configured to allow a pest to access a region within the pest control device;
• a pneumatic actuator within the housing configured to strike the pest in the region when actuated;
• a detector within the housing configured to detect the pest in the region;
• a first valve within the housing to control gas flow from a first volume;
• a second valve within the housing to control gas flow from a second volume to the pneumatic actuator, the second valve including a valve seat and a valve seal that separates the second volume from the pneumatic actuator when the valve seal is seated on the valve seat, wherein there is no intermediate reservoir in a flow path between the second volume and the pneumatic actuator;
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• a gas inlet within the housing to supply pressurised gas from a gas reservoir to the second volume, wherein the gas inlet opens into the second volume,
• wherein the second volume is upstream of the first volume such that the pressurised gas is supplied from the second volume to the first volume,
• wherein upon the detector detecting the pest in the region, the first valve is actuated, and
• wherein upon activation of the first valve, gas flows out of the first volume via the first valve which allows the valve seal of the second valve to be unseated from the valve seat of the second valve such that gas flows from the second volume to the pneumatic actuator via the second valve to actuate the pneumatic actuator.