Patent ID: 7752803

Claim:
An insect trapping device for attracting and trapping insects comprising: a) a housing having a side wall defining a bottom edge and a top opening and defining a central channel into which insects are drawn for capture in a trap enclosure located within said housing, said bottom edge of said side wall defining an outflow opening; b) a flow mechanism associated with said central channel and structured and arranged to provide an outflow of air with CO 2 insect attractant dispersed therein out of and through said outflow opening and around the entire side wall bottom edge to the atmosphere, said flow mechanism including an inflow channel extending substantially entirely around an exterior surface of the housing structured and arranged to draw an inflow into the housing at or near said top opening such that insects intersecting said inflow are drawn into the central channel and the trap enclosure of said device; and c) a source of said CO 2 insect attractant in flow communication with said central channel at a gaseous insect attractant release point to disperse said attractant into said outflow of air.