Patent ID: 8105418

Claim:
A plant protecting apparatus comprising: a plant arrangement zone where a plant is arranged; and a surrounding part surrounding the plant arrangement zone, wherein at least a part of the surrounding part can transmit visible light, and a flying organism removing apparatus is provided in the portion of the surrounding part where air can flow, said flying organism removing apparatus comprising: a plurality of electric conductors; a power supply which is electrically connected to the plurality of electric conductors and sets the plurality of electric conductors to a predetermined potential in such a way that an electric field is generated by the plurality of electric conductors; and a plurality of dielectric covers located at a position where dielectric polarization is caused by the electric field generated by the plurality of electric conductors, wherein a flyable organism can be captured by an electric field generated via the plurality of dielectric covers, wherein each of the plurality of electric conductors has an approximately rod shape, each of the plurality of dielectric covers has an approximately cylindrical shape, a plurality of dielectric covered conductors are formed by the plurality of electric conductors and the plurality of dielectric covers, each of the plurality of dielectric covered conductors is formed by a pair of one of the plurality of electric conductors and one of the plurality of dielectric covers, and the one electric conductor is arranged inside the one dielectric cover along a longitudinal direction thereof, and the plurality of dielectric covered conductors are arranged to be separated from and in parallel to one another to permit air to flow.