Patent ID: 8316578

Claim:
An apparatus for attracting and capturing an insect, comprising: a structure; a sloping panel coupled to and disposed within said structure, said sloping panel having a bottom surface; and an adhesive attached to at least a portion of said bottom surface of said sloping panel and capable of contacting and capturing the insect; a plug element supported by said structure, said plug element being adapted to electrically couple and mechanically mount to a wall outlet; and a heating element supported by said structure which heats said structure and said adhesive, said heating element includes a lead having a first end adapted to contact said plug element and a circuit coupled to said lead, and said plug element supplying electricity to a second end of said heating element for operation thereof, wherein, said structure defines an interior portion and a plurality of entrances to said interior portion, and said sloping panel and said structure define a crevice within said interior portion opposite at least one of said plurality of entrances.