Patent ID: 8850741

Claim:
An apparatus for pest control comprising a hollow station forming at least one entrance for the pests to be controlled and a harbourage area inside the station; a reservoir containing water and configured to provide access to water from the inside of said hollow station; and a contact pesticide for the pests to be controlled, said contact pesticide being provided inside said hollow station in such a way that pests which enter the hollow station through said at least one entrance to come to the reservoir for water or the harbourage area come into contact with said contact pesticide, wherein the apparatus is configured to prevent the free flow of water from the reservoir to the harbourage area, wherein the reservoir for water comprises a container for accommodating water, said container comprising at least one opening which is connected to at least one opening of said hollow station and wherein the at least one opening of said container and the at least one opening of said hollow station are plugged by an absorbent material forming an absorbent plug.