Device for attracting and controlling the coffee berry borer, Hypothenemus hampei (Coleoptera: Scolytidae)

A device for combating insects by attracting the insects and then destroying them, following their arrival on said device, the device consisting of:

• an elongated body, the elongated body having a top end, a bottom end, and a plurality of openings, wherein the openings each have a diameter between 0.2 and 1.0 mm;
• an independent dispenser placed near the bottom end of the elongated body;
• wherein the dispenser includes a liquid and highly volatile insect attractant;
• wherein vapors of the attractant diffuse through an output on the dispenser until reaching the plurality of openings and dispersing into a surrounding atmosphere;
• wherein the elongated body is entirely coated with a mixture comprising:
• a binder, an insect attracting pigment, an insect toxicant, an insect feeding stimulant, and an ingredient, which is both a filler and a thickener;
• and
• wherein the binder is selected from shellac, shellac with waxes, polymers, natural waxes, chemically modified waxes and synthetic waxes, acrylics, epoxies, alkyds, polyurethanes, linseed oil, tung oil, methyl cellosolve, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylates, polymethacrylates, starch, alginates, agar, lignosulphonates and gum Arabic.

A device for combating insects by attracting the insects and then destroying them, following their arrival on said device, the device comprising:

• an elongated body, the elongated body having a top end, a bottom end, and a plurality of openings, wherein the openings each have a diameter between 0.2 and 1.0 mm;
• an independent dispenser place near the bottom end of the elongated body;
• wherein the dispenser includes a liquid and highly volatile insect attractant including kairomone in a 3:1 mixture of methyl alcohol and ethyl alcohol or 5,9-dimethylpentadecane and 5,9-dimethylhexadecane;
• wherein the elongated body is entirely coated with a composition comprising:
• a binder, an insect attracting pigment, an insect toxicant, an insect feeding stimulant, and an ingredient, which is both a filler and a thickener;
• and
• wherein the binder is selected from shellac, shellac with waxes, polymers, natural waxes, chemically modified waxes and synthetic waxes, acyrlics, epoxies, alkyds, polyurethanes, linseed oil, tung oil, methyl cellosolve, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylates, polymethacrylates, starch, alginates, agar, lignosulphonates and gum Arabic.