TAP TRAP
Eco-friendly Insect Trap
It is the first food baited trap for flying pests in Italy which is so effective in reducing the use of chemicals in the protection of orchards, olive groves, vineyards, citrus farms, apiaries and vegetables gardens.
The Tap Trap insect trap was the first eco-friendly trap to be inspired by a traditional farmers’ technique involving the use of water plastic bottles, which were altered to turn them into trap. This technique, by itself cumbersome and ineffective, was transformed by Tap Trap into a very practical and professional insect trap.
The TapTrap top-trap, which has been on the market since 2004, is much loved and there have been many attempts to emulate its trapping methods and those home made baits which we have been studying and testing for many years. However, Our trap remains unique in its kind: the only one which is completely made in Italy and of whose colour, intense yellow, acts as strong attractant for many kind of flying pests.
Tap Trap is easily placed on the neck of a common plastic bottle which can then be hung on the plant to be protected. It is made of very durable plastic and is therefore reusable for many seasons.
USE THE FOLLOWING RECIPES
The most effective recipes with quantities adapted to the type of trap
To use with: Fruit plants, gardens, vegetable gardens
Use these quantities with: Tap Trap
How to: Pour into the jar 500 ml of beer + 1 tablespoon of sugar
Alternatively: 500 ml of water + 2 tablespoon of sugar + a glass of vinegar
Alternatively: White wine sweetened with sugar + 20 to 30 ml of mint syrup
Replacing the bait: Every 20-30 days – Read more on how to catch wasps and hornets
Asian hornet: We do suggest to use the baits for the spring and autumn trapping – Read more
Never exceed 500 ml of bait in total.
Use for: Outdoor
Use these quantities with: Tap Trap
How to: Pour into the bottle 500 ml of water + few raw fish scraps (sardines, anchovies, ecc.)
Replacing the bait: NO – The effectiveness of the trap is due to the maceration of the dead flies inside it, so the bait should only be replaced if no more interested flies are seen flying around the trap.
Never exceed 500 ml of bait in total
Use for: Apricot, plum, peach, cherry, almond, walnut, olive
Use these quantities with: Tap Trap
How to: Blend 6 or 7 tablespoons of sugar to one liter of wine, add 15 cloves and half cinnamon stick. Leave it to rest for 15 days, then blend the mixture in 2-3 liters of water. Use the obtained mixture by pouring half a liter into each trap.
Replacing the bait: Each 20-30 days.
Smart tips: You can boil the ingredients for 5-10 minutes to obtain a bait in a short time (use as above).
Use for: Cherry, olive, walnut, citrus, medlar, apple, pear, etc.
Use these quantities with: Tap Trap
How to: Put into the jar half a litre of liquid ammonia (cleaning type, unscented) and a few scraps of raw fish (sardines, anchovies, etc.) as protein bait.
Replacing the bait: NO – Follow the instructions for maintaining the bait. Read how to obtain a more effective bait.
Do not exceed 500ml of bait in total.
WHERE TO USE THE TRAP
THE PESTS IT CATCHES
OLIVE FRUT FLY
Bactrocera Oleae
MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY
Ceratitis Capitata
WALNUT HUSK FLY
Rhagoletis completa
CARPUS
Cydia pomonella
MOTHS AND LEPIDOPTERS
Pyrals, moths and many types of lepidopters
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