Pest control method and apparatus

#This invention was not made with Government support under. The Government does not have any rights in this invention.

#Pheromones are released in agricultural environments, such as orchards and farms, to control insect reproduction and insect population so that plants and vegetation growth can be enhanced. In some cases, the pheromones are disposed in the upper ⅓ of trees to decrease invading insects in fruit crops, such as apples.

#A pheromone is a chemical substance that is usually produced by an animal and serves especially as a stimulus to other individuals of the same species for one or more behavioral responses. Pheromones can be used to disrupt mating of invading insects by dispensing the pheromones or the pheromone scent in the air, so the males' cannon locate the females, which disrupts the mating process. Pheromones can be produced by the living organism, or artificially produced. This pest control method does not employ insecticides, so the use of pheromones is safer for the environment, and for living organisms.

#FIG. 1 is a pictorial view of one embodiment of a member of the present invention in an open position or attachment state;

#FIG. 2 is a pictorial view of the first embodiment of the member of the present invention in a closed position or deployable state;

#FIG. 3 is a pictorial view of a second embodiment of a member of the present invention in an open position or attachment state;

#The following detailed description is of the best currently contemplated modes of carrying out the invention. The description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, but is made merely for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention, since the scope of the invention is best defined by the appended claims.

#10 member 20 releaser 25 capsule 30 capsule type I 40 first capsule I portion 50 second capsule I portion 60 capsule type II 70 first capsule II portion 72 first groove 80 second capsule II portion 82 second groove 90 first capsule II hollow interior 100 second capsule II hollow interior 110 capsule II 120 extension 130 gun 180 deployable state 200 attachment state 300 positioning a releaser to a first end of an extension 310 positioning a capsule to a second end of an extension 320 positioning the releaser adjacent to the capsule 330 projecting the member in its deployable state 340 positioning a releaser to a capsule via an extension

#FIG. 1 illustrates one embodiment on the present invention. The member 10 may include components including a releaser 20 connected to a first end 122, and a capsule 25 connected to a second end 124 of an extension 120 as illustrated in FIGS. 9 and 10.