Gadfly traps

Summer is the best time to relax in the fresh air. However, one of the biggest shortcomings of the season are harmful insects, which include gadflies. Bites These large enough pests are painful for humans, they are also dangerous for livestock. Fight pests can be in various ways. One of them is a gadfly trap. Such designs can be purchased at the store or even make yourself.

Mosquito Trap FC 001

This trap for gadflies and gadfly is not dangerous to humans and the environment, as it does not use toxic substances. It attracts the attention of pests:

• carbon dioxide emitted by the system case;
• bait, which serves as a special aromatic powder (attractant Z-9-tricozene);
• warmth

The device operates in automatic mode from the mains. It can be installed on the floor, on the ground or at a slight elevation. Impact area: the device covers an area of ​​5 acres. Cost in the range of 5000 rubles.

Mosquito Trap FC 001 Trap

Fly Trap TM

This trap for gadflies and flies is a package with an attractant, in which a small amount of water is poured in to activate the bait. Despite the fact that the device is disposable, it can accommodate about 20 thousand individuals. Keeps activity throughout the month.

On a note!

The trap is designed for installation in the open air. Such a device from gadflies costs around 600 rubles.

H-TRAP

One of the most effective traps for flying insects, including gadflies, hornets, mosquitoes and flies.It is used in summer cottages, farms, stables, and livestock yards (the area should not exceed 1 hectare). The design provides a ball, a special shiny surface which emits carbon dioxide when heated. Also in the installation there is a net dome and a container for collecting pests. The number of insects caught can be increased by using an attractant.

Insects are attracted to carbon dioxide and the shine of the ball, from which they take it as a victim. Having not reached their goal, they rush upwards, getting into the net, and then into a trapping container. The price of the trap is about 13,000 rubles.

Gadfly traps

Biotrap

Trap for gadflies of this brand is a similar type of design. It does not use repellents and other chemicals. The design which is not demanding the power supply is calculated for use on open spaces. Installation costs about 13,500 rubles.

Self-manufacturing traps

It is quite simple to make a gnome trap with your own hands.

Option number 1

On the bars or wooden legs fix a small container, which can serve as an ordinary plastic basin.It is covered with a black garbage bag and filled with soapy water. Above this design place two sheets of plexiglass, inclined at an angle of 45 degrees.

The principle of operation of this device is very simple: blind fly to the black surface, hitting the plexiglass. As a result, they fall directly into the soapy water, from which they are no longer able to get out.

On a note!

The gadfly trap can even be made from plain sticky paper. A special glue is applied to the thick cardboard, which has the ability to retain not only small insects, but also larger pests.

Homemade insect traps

Option number 2

The following construction will help to get rid of a large number of insects in the barn:

1. For the manufacture will need a dark ball and stool, which is fixed under the ceiling of the room.
2. Bottom of the ball is fixed so that nothing restricts its rotation.
3. The legs of the stool, as well as its underside of the seat, are wrapped with double-sided tape.

Works design as follows. The ball is spun and a dark moving object begins to attract the attention of bloodsuckers. Approaching the ball, insects stick to the sticky tape.It only remains to occasionally replace adhesive strips with pests attached to them with fresh tape.

It is advisable to install such traps near a heat source, as it also attracts insects. A significant decrease in the gadfly population can be observed in just a few days.

Option number 3

Another simple way to make a horsefly trap:

1. A plastic bag is put on the hanging plastic struts.
2. In the upper part of the structure, an inverted pelvis is fixed, the surface of which is treated with a layer of special non-drying long time glue.

Bright sunshine heats the bag, which still sometimes shakes from the wind. Warm, dark color and movement attracts the attention of gadflies. In anticipation of the attack on the victim, insects stumble upon a sticky surface, which can no longer be released from its captivity. To get rid of gadflies, you can also connect ready meansavailable on store shelves.