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The present invention is a simple, cost-effective, and inexpensive system d apparatus for detecting and monitoring the presence of wood-destroying insects, such as termites and which is transparent, and in an alternative embodiment, at least in part transparent. The present invention, unlike the pri

The present invention is a simple, cost-effective, and inexpensive system d apparatus for detecting and monitoring the presence of wood-destroying insects, such as termites and which is transparent, and in an alternative embodiment, at least in part transparent. The present invention, unlike the prior art, has universal surface applicability in that the same apparatus may be used on a variety of surfaces, whether on the floor, the ceiling, the wall, or another surface. Additionally, the present invention is demountably mountable such that the present invention is removably attachable, and not permanently fixed, to the surface suspected of harboring wood-destroying insects. Further, the present invention relates to an apparatus for detecting the presence of wood-destroying insects by utilizing the apparatus alone, or in conjunction with a plug inserted into the suspect surface. The present invention utilizes a self-wicking moisture retaining bait material consisting of a highly preferred wood-destroying insect food and in the preferred embodiment of the present invention the bait material is comprised of tightly rolled corrugated paper sprinkled with pulverized dried okra.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A wood-destroying insect detector system comprising:a housing defining an integral enclosure for enclosing therein a first self-wicking non-toxic bait material, wherein said housing comprises:a cover having a top, a bottom rim, a first side and a second side opposite said

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A wood-destroying insect detector system comprising:a housing defining an integral enclosure for enclosing therein a first self-wicking non-toxic bait material, wherein said housing comprises:a cover having a top, a bottom rim, a first side and a second side opposite said first side wherein said cover has formed at said top a top aperture, and wherein said cover has a side aperture formed along a bottom portion of said cover in close proximity to said bottom rim along said first side of said cover, and wherein said second side of said cover is a reservoir for collecting therein fluid for maintaining moisture in said housing when said housing is coupled to a vertical surface and wherein said top aperture and said side aperture provide direct access to said first non-toxic bait material, anda mountable base surface watertight sealed to said bottom rim of said cover wherein said mountable base surface has formed therein a centrally located aperture and a base aperture;a detachable second non-toxic bait material directly receivable in and directly couplable to a suspect surface; and,a spear having one end couplable in said detachable second non-toxic bait material and another end detachably receivable in said first self-wicking non-toxic bait material through said centrally located aperture wherein said second non-toxic bait material provides an access point between an interior of said suspect surface and said first non-toxic bait material.