Patent ID: 6637150
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: A01M,A01N

Abstract:
A method of killing arthropods and protecting structures, comprising the steps of:a. providing a chamber having at least one wall that includes a nontoxic food source, the at least one wall being accessible to arthropods; b. inserting a foraging non-edible matrix treated with a slow acting and non-repellant toxicant into the chamber adjacent to the at least one wall, the foraging non-edible foraging matrix chosen from at least one of: soil, sand, gravel, rocks, pebbles, shale and mixtures thereof; c. positioning the chamber with the foraging non-edible matrix adjacent to arthropods and allowing the arthropods to enter and eat the nontoxic food source and pass into the foraging non-edible matrix; and d. allowing the arthropods to exit from the chamber, wherein the slow acting and non-repellant toxicant destroys the arthropods in their colonies over time and protects structures.