Patent ID: 7472511

Claim:
An insect trap for luring and trapping a flying insect therein, comprising: a) an aperture in a hollow chamber of said trap; b) a first set of a plurality of deflectable strips having terminal ends of said strips dispersed and terminated around said aperture for constituting a sufficiently long deflectable crawl path to lead from said aperture into the interior of said chamber; c) an enclosure, having a side opening mounted toward said aperture, comprising a collapsible bottom floor constituted by said crawl path and a means made of material impenetrable to said insect to form an enclosed passageway that closes at a distal end of said crawl path, and with said crawl path in direct proximity to the interior of said chamber; and d) an insect attractant to lure said insect; wherein said insect enters said aperture, said crawl path is deflected upon landing of said insect to reveal a small opening at the distal end of said crawl path, said insect crawls toward said distal end of said crawl path, the size of said opening increases by the continued crawl- ing of said insect, the distal end of said crawl path changes from an initial closed position upon the landing of said insect to an open position to allow said insect to enter said chamber and returns to said initial closed position upon the departure of said insect from said crawl path.