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Trap for founder female 100% selective for Asian Hornet's Queens « vespa velutina », to be used from the 15th of February to the 1st of May.
It allows attracting and catching Asian Hornets' queens while stopping large insects from entering and allowing smaller insects to get out of it.
Therefore, the trap is equipped with a size limiting device at its entrance (A Ø9mm) so that Europeans Hornets and butterflies cannot enter the trap. There is also a size' limiting device at the exit (B Ø5,5mm) to stop the queen « vespa velutina » from getting out while letting smaller insects circulate.
A circular-shaped piece of foam placed at the bottom of the bottle, soaked to saturation with a classic lure (brown ale + honey or cider + syrup or wax myrtle juice) allows increased evaporation and larger outreach of the attractive aromas as soon as the first sunrays appear. This foam also prevents smaller insects from drowning if they have entered the trap.
A rotary lid with an opening (C Ø10mm) will allow closing the top entrance, trapping the queen while waiting to have time to deal with it.
To eliminate the queens' Asian Hornet, place the closed trap for about 1 hour in the refrigerator or the deep-freezer in order for them to enter into hibernation. Open the trap and kill the queens with scissors, cutting it or crushing it.
Material needed :
- 2 plastic bottles
- 2 lolly sticks
- 1 round-shaped piece of foam
- Stanley Knife or drill, ruler
- Beer, honey, syrup
Making steps :
1 - Cut the top of the 2 bottles so as to create two funnels.
2 - Soak the foam with the lure made up of beer, honey and syrup mixed together and insert it in one of the bottles.
3 - Remove the lid from one of the funnels and place it in the bottle.
4 - Pierce entrance holes (at the top A Ø 9mm) and at the exit for smaller insects (bottom B Ø 5,5mm) and place the two lolly sticks (they act as a landing or taking off ‘runway').
5 - Pierce the second funnel (C Ø 10mm) and place it on the bottle, it will act as a lid. Make sure that the hole (C) is lined up with the entrance hole (A). By turning the lid, you can open or close the entrance (A).
6 - Your trap is ready !
Tips and uses advice :
- Install the trap as soon as temperatures reach + de 13°Celsius
- Place the trap near a pile of wood, a water spot or/and flowering areas (flowers high in nectar where bees gather pollen as, like for example the Winter Camellias single flowers which are rich in nectar).
- Install the trap ideally every day between 10h00 and 15h00 so as to thoroughly check it, recharge it with lure and deal with the Asian Hornets potentially caught.
- Remove absolutely all the traps by the 1st of May, as the queens stay in the nest as from the birth of the first new generation of workers and never leave it. Clean the trap and the foam and put it away until next February.
You have in between your hands, a trap for Queens' Asian hornets « vespa velutina », only eliminate this specie and Mother Nature will thank you for it!
Source : anti-frelon-asiatique.com - Photos (3)
Selective trap for Asian Hornet
Vespa Velutina
Author: Nicolas Y. D. TIREL
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Selective trap for Asian Hornet
Trap for founder female 100% selective for Asian Hornet's Queens « vespa velutina », to be used from the 15th of February to the 1st of May.
Author: Planfor
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Selective trap for Asian Hornet
Making steps of Selective trap for Asian Hornet
Author: Planfor
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