My name is Roberto Carello and since 2004 I have been inventing, designing and testing ecological traps for flying pests. Today, professional and private fruit and vegetable growers in Italy and in 20 countries around the world use these traps to defend orchards, gardens and vegetable gardens.
The idea of a trap for harmful insects came to me 15 years ago when I moved to the countryside with my family. Liek you, I was passionate about green spaces: my wife and I grew a vegetable garden and kept a lovely garden with fruit plants. We began testing baits by placing traps on these plants to catch flying pests such as fruit flies and hornets – insects that were routinely spoiling the fruit of our work – avoiding the use of pesticides or poisons.