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Making a Mosquito Trap
To keep mosquitoes from ruining a picnic or camping trip, it is nice to have
an enticing trap to lure them away from you. This guide is about making a
mosquito trap.
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Making a Mosquito Trap
Because mosquitoes are attracted to the CO2 we breathe out, I
started looking for ideas that used CO2 as the bait for the
mosquito trap. I did think of dry ice but it does dissipate fairly
quickly.
I found a cached link on Google here. It seems to be active again
now. I've rewritten the instructions some and hopefully it will
work as well.
Thanks to the students for their hard work on this project. I've
used some of their photos for illustration.
Supplies:
1 2 liter soda bottle
a sharp knife
black paper
tape
candy thermometer
Take a 2 liter soda bottle. Cut off the top right below where it starts to narrow for the top, invert and
place inside the lower half.
Make a simple sugar syrup.
Ingredients:
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
2 cups cool water
1 tsp. active dry yeast
Directions:
Bring 1 cup of the water to a boil.
Dissolve the sugar into the boiling water.
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Dissolve the sugar into the boiling water.
Once the sugar is dissolved completely, remove the pan from the heat. Stir in 2 cups cool water, stir well.
Check the temperature of the syrup to make sure it is no hotter than 90 degrees F, if hotter, let cool to
90 degrees F, add 1 tsp. active dry yeast, no need to mix. Put syrup in the bottom part of the bottle,
using the cut off neck piece, leave in place.
Be sure to seal the two parts of the bottle with the tape. The fermenting yeast will release carbon
dioxide. Put black paper around the bottle since mosquitoes like dark places and carbon dioxide. This
mosquito trap will then start working.
TIPS: Put the trap in a dark and humid place for 2 weeks, you'll see the effect. You'll have to replace the
sugar water + yeast solution every 2 weeks.

By Susan Sanders-Kinzel
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Mosquito Trap
How do u know your "trap" is not just attracting more mosquitoes?
By KimS from Russellville, AR

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By louel53
You don't. Many traps do just that. The ones that are in the trap are not biting you, but there is a
pretty much endless supply of mosquitoes. Unless you have a screened in area or it is inside, which
would limit the "supply". I live in mosquito country, and don't waste my time with traps. Use a
repellant with Deet or use an Off Mosquito lamp or Thermocell to repel them from outdoor areas.
Mosquito Trap
Is the pepper sprinkled on the outside or inside of the bottle, and would peat work as well?
By Patty S from Savannah, MO
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By Patty S from Savannah, MO

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By AMC80
It is black paper probably taped to the outside to make it dark and enticing to the mosquitoes.
Sounds cheap enough to try, you're not really out anything if it doesn't work.
Mosquito Trap
What keeps the mosquitoes from flying out of the trap? Do they die in the trap?
By Erica R.

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By louel53
I have never seen any kind of "trap " that works for mosquitoes, and we have lots of bugs up here
is Saskatchewan. Go with the products that work - Thermocell portable units that repel them, and
the Off lamp.
Using CO2 to Attract Ticks
Since the yeast attracts mosquitoes through CO2 release, would it work to attract ticks? Are they also
attracted to CO2?
By Keith

Mosquito trap
How do you build a mosquito trap?
By Karilynn from Lambert, MT

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By sking18
I did an internship with the Entomology Dept at UC Davis, many moons ago. I assisted with
mosquito research. I recall our mosquito traps were about the size of a small coffee can, with a
bottom, and a tapered top. We would hang them from tree limbs, and put a piece, about 3"x3", of
dry ice in the can. The carbon dioxide would attract the mosquitoes and we would get plenty of
samples in out traps.
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