Environmental insect control apparatus

An environmental insect control apparatus used to force ants out of an ant mound for extermination comprising:

• wall means for enclosing an area surrounding an ant mound to form an enclosed treatment area;
• cutting means carried by a bottom edge of said wall means for cutting into the ground to recess the wall means around the ant mound;
• a fluid supply means for supplying fluid to the enclosed treatment area;
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• flow control means operatively associated with said wall means being vertically spaced above the ground and extending continuously around an interior side of said wall means for receiving said fluid from said fluid supply means and causing the fluid to circulate around said interior side of said wall means and cascade from said flow control means into the enclosed treatment area to flood the ant mound with fluid and prevent ants from exiting over the wall means.

An environmentally friendly method for controlling burrowing insect infestation by forcing the insects out of the ground for extermination comprising the steps of:

• enclosing the area surrounding an insect habitation with a solid perimeter wall having an interior water trough carried around an upper portion of an interior side of said wall vertically spaced above the ground and below a top edge of the wall to create an enclosed treatment area;
• recessing the perimeter wall into the ground using a bottom edge of said wall adapted to cut through the ground and recess the wall in order to restrict the passage of water and insects underneath the perimeter wall;
• providing a water supply for treatment of the insect habitation by flooding the insect habitation with water;
• connecting said water supply to the perimeter wall so that the water flows into said trough and circulates around the interior side of the perimeter wall in said trough and cascades out of said trough into the enclosed treatment area to prevent insects from climbing up the sides of the perimeter wall to escape extermination;
• flooding the enclosed treatment area with water sufficient to maintain a pool of water over the insect habitation to force the insects in the ground to come to the surface so that the insects may be exterminated.