Product Description:

This trap is designed from the regular Mcphail trap design for economical and budgetary purpose. It is used in monitoring fruit flies. It has two components
1) Clear top & 2) Yellow base. Inside the clear top is a platform on which pheromone attractant is placed. The yellow base contains a funnel-shaped entrance, which enables the insect to fly up into the trap. Once inside the trap, the insect is attracted by the light coming through the clear top and continues to try and escape upwards. The exhausted insect drops down into the base filled with liquid and drowns.
 

How They Work:

The male moths which are attracted by the female pheromone lure placed under the lid of the clear top enter the trap through yellow base of a funnel-shaped entrance, which enables the insect to fly up into the trap. Once inside the trap, the insect is attracted by the light coming through the clear top and continues to try and escape upwards. The exhausted insect drops down into the base filled with liquid and drowns. These traps are installed in the fields at the rate of 5-7 traps per acre for monitoring. Traps should normally be attached to stakes at crop height and placed within the crop with at least 50m between each trap. To avoid affecting the efficiency of the trapping system it is strongly recommended that traps be used only for the one species. Never use the dispensers for other insect species in these traps.
 

Approximate Dimensions  :  120mm diameter x 150mm height

Dome Dimensions              :  120mm diameter x 110mm height

Base Dimensions                 :  118mm diameter x 50mm height

Dome Material                     :   virgin plastic grade

Dome Colour                       :   Clear

Base Colour                          :   Yellow

Approximate Weight (per Trap)   :  100 grms

Materials of construction     :   U V Stabilized Plastic Polymer
 

Target pests:

Bactrocera cucurbitae(Melon fly), Bactrocera correcta(Guava fruit fly), Bactrocera dorsalis(Oriental fruit fly), Bactrocera zonata(Peach fruit fly).
 

Host Crops:

Cucumber , Bottle gourd, Bitter gourd, Sweet gourd, Snake gourd, Ridge gourd, Pointed gourd , Sponge gourd, Pumpkins ,Mask melon, Watermelon.
 

Effective life span in the field :

Multiple seasons (subject to weather conditions).