Superior Pest Management Starts with Moth Suppression

The Moth Suppression trap is the first system to use both egg-laying attractants to capture female moths as well as sex pheromones to attract male moths. There have been traps available to catch just male moths for decades and the use of such traps are helpful when dealing with a local infestation. However, this new trap is capable of catching egg laying females. When this new pheromone is used alongside traditional male attracting pheromones, the result is a pest management tool that has direct effect on suppressing the population of stored food moths by capturing the egg-laying females as well as the males. This represents a major break through for meal moth control.

Female Indian meal moths are able to lay 200-400 eggs during her lifetime. Capturing female moths prevents them from laying eggs on food products. Every female  that is caught is equal to a trap full of male moths.

                                                    
Female Abdomen            Female with eggs                 Male Abdomen with Claspers      Male Abdomen with claspers tucked beneath

Pheromone traps by themselves are able to capture 200-300 male moths. This will have a dramatic impact on any population. However, since these traps are not capturing females, there are times when a resurgence can occur. This is because the egg laying females that were not trapped were able to reproduce. By installing Moth Suppression Traps, such resurgences can be avoided.

The traps have non-toxic sticky glue and use both pheromone lures for male moths and egg-laying attractants for female moths.

The traps also have visual cues and coloration to enhance the attractiveness to female moths. These traps have 50% more capturing surface than other moth trap designs. This will allow more moths to be caught.

Kits include 5 Traps which feature a larger size than standard traps and have special markings and design patterns that make them more attractive to females. Their glue should remain active for two months.

The female egg laying attractant comes on cotton wick lures. Lures are packaged in polypropylene jars in sets of 10. This supply will provide two months of attraction per trap; just add one wick when the trap is first place out and then another wick 30 days later.

There are also 5 pheromone lures for male moth attraction in each kit. These lures will attract moths for 2 months and only have to be placed out once when the trap is first installed.

1. For each trap, place a single wick with female attractant and one Bullet Lure for male moths. Just open the Male lure and let it fall out onto the glue of the trap. Do not handle it or try to open the small "bullet".
2. Lures are non-toxic from dermal exposure.
3. Use tweezers for handling each lure to prevent transfer of attractants to your fingers.
4. Do not ingest; prevent contact with mouth.
5. Wash hands after handling to remove any residues.
6. Warning: Contents are flammable, keep wicks away from open flames.
7. Keep jar lid closed tight after use.
8. Store male and female lures in a cool environment or in a refrigerator. Storage in warm to hot environments will reduce attractiveness.
9. Disposed of used traps and lures with trash in sealed plastic bags.
10. Keep contents away from children.