A homemade trap to help keep you from being a blood donor!!!
HOMEMADE MOSQUITO TRAP:
Items needed:
1 cup of water
1/4 cup of brown sugar
1 gram of yeast
1 2-liter bottle
HOW:
1. Cut the plastic bottle in half.
2. Mix brown sugar with hot water. Let cool. When cold, pour in the bottom half of the bottle.
3. Add the yeast. No need to mix. It creates carbon dioxide, which attracts mosquitoes.
4. Place the funnel part, upside down, into the other half of the bottle, taping them together if desired.
5. Wrap the bottle with something black, leaving the top uncovered, and place it outside in an area away from your normal gathering area. (Mosquitoes are also drawn to the colour black.)
Change the solution every 2 weeks for continuous control.
adreamer said
06:32 AM Sep 27, 2013
Sounds very interesting. Will give this a go when I finally get on the road. My van goes into the repairer's on the 8th Oct. Hopefully the weekend after I'm finally off!
Helen
wasn_me said
03:00 PM Sep 27, 2013
Hi Pam, great tip, mossies love me, how long does it work for? Do you have to redo it every night?
Cheers Pete
Old Crofter said
03:10 PM Sep 27, 2013
Change the solution every 2 weeks for continuous control.
Happywanderer said
05:47 PM Sep 27, 2013
I have tried this over the last few months since I read ofit I think on here.
I hung one up under the outside staircase and within days it was full. Not only mossies but heaps of flies also.
Mobi Condo said
03:19 AM Sep 28, 2013
Many thanks, from another "Mozzie Magnet" - will be trying it out tomorrow for sure.
Mobi
A homemade trap to help keep you from being a blood donor!!!
HOMEMADE MOSQUITO TRAP:
Items needed:
1 cup of water
1/4 cup of brown sugar
1 gram of yeast
1 2-liter bottle
HOW:
1. Cut the plastic bottle in half.
2. Mix brown sugar with hot water. Let cool. When cold, pour in the bottom half of the bottle.
3. Add the yeast. No need to mix. It creates carbon dioxide, which attracts mosquitoes.
4. Place the funnel part, upside down, into the other half of the bottle, taping them together if desired.
5. Wrap the bottle with something black, leaving the top uncovered, and place it outside in an area away from your normal gathering area. (Mosquitoes are also drawn to the colour black.)
Change the solution every 2 weeks for continuous control.
Sounds very interesting. Will give this a go when I finally get on the road. My van goes into the repairer's on the 8th Oct. Hopefully the weekend after I'm finally off!
Helen
Hi Pam, great tip, mossies love me, how long does it work for? Do you have to redo it every night?
Cheers Pete
Change the solution every 2 weeks for continuous control.
I hung one up under the outside staircase and within days it was full. Not only mossies but heaps of flies also.
Mobi