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I remember the way we built wasp/hornet traps in the french countryside. Take a plastic bottle of water, cut it in two (top vs bottom), invert the top so the bo
by cm2187 2y ago
I remember the way we built wasp/hornet traps in the french countryside. Take a plastic bottle of water, cut it in two (top vs bottom), invert the top so the bottle opening is pointing toward the bottom, and fill the bottom of the bottle with wine.
Wasps and hornets are attracted by the wine, get in easily, then get drunk and apparently can't find their way out through the narrow bottle opening and die drowning in the wine.
Well I guess not those ones.
- williamdclt 2y agothat works with water and sugar, I don't think that it's being drunk that's the problem, the liquid is just bait. It's probably just hard to get back to the hole? No space to fly, not easy to climb the inside of the bottle because of the shape (bottle top pointing down). Maybe being wet and sticky doesn't help either
- digging 2y agoSeems likely. That exact setup is also a (mediocre) fruit fly trap.
- oever 2y agoLemonade works as well for attracting wasps. Mosquito's are attracted to CO₂. Put ⅓ sugar, ⅔ water and yeast in the same container to lure them.