Setting Up a Pheromone Trap
Follow these steps to successfully set up a pheromone trap:
1. Gather materials to use:
- Plastic bottle
- Knife
- Detergent and water
- Galvanized utility wire/cotton thread
- Sex pheromone components
- Bamboo or wooden stake
2. Using a hot knife, cut two angular holes on each side of the plastic bottle.
3. Put the wire through to hang the pheromone bait
4. Fill about 5cm of the plastic bottle with soapy water
5. Put the lure in the pheromone dispenser
6. Use cotton or sponge strips and treat them with the pheromones
7. Close the container
8. Attach the trap to a bamboo or hang on a tree branch
9. 2-3 traps are enough for 1ha
10. Once the trap is placed in the field, monitor the trap to see whether the insects are caught so the trap can be cleaned.