Love Bug Bucket Trap
Overall lovebugs sex ratio was even 52 female at apopka.
Love bug bucket trap. Black 5 gallon bucket traps baited with palm stem tissue sugarcane cut into 2 to 4 inch pieces or pineapple are used to attract weevils. Last week in honor of valentine s day we talked about love bugs. This tried and true spray is known to effectively get rid of love bugs. Unable to get out they await being discovered the following day.
1 cup water 3 tablespoons citrus dish soap 3 tablespoons mouthwash. Blast them with a water hose. Combine ingredients in a spray bottle. Baffles constructed from 5 cm long pvc glued together longitudinally and placed over bucket openings effectively prevent weevils from escaping.
Here is part 2 originally published on february 22 2013. They stick to your car and. And it uses ingredients you have right in your pantry. After testing 10 or so kinds of traps they concluded that a cylinder shaped yellow and white plastic bucket with the lure in the top and an insecticide in the bottom works well to catch and kill.
Fill up a bucket of water add soap or any kind of detergent and then pour it in areas where the bugs swarm. If your kids love bugs then why not make your own bug trap. Take a water hose point it at a bunch of them in the corners of your house and shoot the little things down. Fox 35 orlando as the seasonal invasion of the love bugs continues all over central florida people are getting online and searching for creative ways to get rid of them.
Unfortunately they re really not that lovable. Now that love bug season is upon us again in florida we thought we would re share our series on love bugs. When the bugs scuttle over the ground they are attracted by the smell of the bait and fall in the trap. Spray on plants and walls where love bugs are.
This is basically a simple pitfall trap. Bucket of water with soap. There was no statistical association between the sex of lovebug and trap type in the spring chi square 2 6 df 5 p 0 77.