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AssigneeWhitmire Micro-Gen Research Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsJames H. Cink, Steven R. Sims, Jonathan D. Berger, Lee M. White, Jeffery A. Martin SR., H. Wayne Moran
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An apparatus and method for detecting and/or controlling subterranean termites. A station at least partially receivable within a cavity has at least one opening therein to provide access by the termites to an interior volume of the station. The apparatus also includes an aggregation base attractive to the termites received within the interior volume of the station. The aggregation base includes at least one void for forming an aggregation site for the termites. The apparatus further includes a replaceable container received within the interior volume of the station and positioned adjacent the aggregation base. The container has at least one opening in a surface thereof facing the aggregation base to permit the passage of termites from the aggregation base to an interior chamber of the container. The container is sized and shaped such that the container may be removed from the station with minimal disturbance to the aggregation base, thereby preserving any aggregation site formed by the termites within the void of the aggregation base.
A replaceable container for use with an apparatus for detecting and controlling subterranean termites, said apparatus having a substantially stationary aggregation base attractive to said termites for forming an aggregation site for said termites, said replaceable container comprising:
A method for detecting and controlling subterranean termites in a cavity accessible to said termites and having an aggregation base attractive to said termites in said cavity, said method comprising:
An aggregation base for use with an apparatus received within a subterranean cavity for detecting and controlling subterranean termites, said aggregation base being attractive to said termites for forming an aggregation site for said termites, said apparatus having a replaceable container sized and shaped such that the container may be removed from the apparatus and replaced without substantially disturbing the aggregation base, said aggregation base comprising:
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