Patent ID: 6301827
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: A01K,A01M,Y02A

Abstract:
An apparatus for trapping insects, including Japanese beetles, comprising:a) an upright, hollow cylinder having an open, upwardly facing top end and an open bottom end;b) means for floating, having a substantially central opening for supporting the bottom end of the cylinder;c) means for directing insects, having an upwardly facing entrance opening and a downwardly facing exit opening, the entrance opening being substantially larger than the exit opening, the means for directing being coupled to the top end of the cylinder;d) a scent-based means for luring the insect into the means for directing, the means for luring the insect being operatively coupled to the entrance opening of the means for directing, ande) means for holding the apparatus uprightf) at least one eyebolt secured to the apparatus slidingly coupling the apparatus to the means for holding,whereby the insect is lured by the scent-based means for luring into the means for directing, the insect falls through the cylinder and through the opening of the means for floating, and the insect lands onto a surface of a body of water.