MOSQUITO TRAPS

so has anyone else tried the mossie traps, and if so what were the results...
i put a couple up and have caught thousands of them....

 

What exactly did you use for your traps, sounds successful?

 

ok, here is method i used..
purchase one plastic bottle coke and chill
pour coke over ice and chivas regal whisky to taste
repeat untill coke bottle is empty
next step is recomended for next morning

cut coke bottle just below neck and invert back in bottle..put some clear tape
over the join...............................disssolve about quarter of coffee cup
of brown sugar in the cup of water..pour into coke bottle....
add quarter of teaspoon of yeast.. give gentle shake......hang in a tree in the yard....

we went from eating dinner with the back door closed and coil burning in the kitchen to eating with the door open and no coil
they should be hanging in every yard.....

 

I've heard before about the yeast but have not tried it. I'm actually amazed that with the old rice fields and fish ponds around us that we really have no issues with mosquitos. I've tried some homemade fly traps but have had limited success.

Shawn

 

Since the first info on this was presented here, I have tried several variations on the brown sugar, yeast trap. First one I used a little too much yeast and had a minor volcanic eruption on my porch! I have since used the exact formula: 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/4 teaspoon yeast, clean water. We don't have many mosquitoes around, but those that do appear don't seem at all interested in the trap. They much prefer my body.

 

John, are you saying the brown sugar and yeast formula is not effective for you? I used up the Repel I got from you and am thinking of trying that solution. Thanks

 

Pat, the brown sugar yeast trap hasn't been working for me. I've tried it a number of days now. But it seems to work well for Whatsisname. Might be worth your while to give it a try.

 

where are you hanging the bottle.. try putting it in a tree or bush somewhere out of the wind...
its working very well for me, and i now have my neighbour with one.

 

Not hanging it - just setting it out on the table on my porch where I sit evenings when the mosquitoes come looking for me. Generally little to no wind.