Pheromone trap apple damager

The package contains 1-covered cardboard trap, 2-pheromone capsule, 2-glued adhesive base and 2-fixing parts. NORM 1 trap per apple tree. APPLE BOILER (Cydia pomonella), colloquially known as apple worm, is a small brownish-grey butterfly about 10 mm long. The wingspan is about 20mm and the forewings have a distinctive pattern. Their flight takes place at dusk in warm and calm weather; during the day they sit unnoticed on tree trunks or branches. After flying and mating, the female butterfly lays eggs one at a time on fruits or leaves. After 7-14 days, the eggs hatch into caterpillars, which feed in the fruit for a month to one and a half, then leave and look for a wintering place, mostly in cracks in the bark, where they also pupate beforehand. An apple wrapper (butterfly) with both open and folded wings, as we usually find it on the glue base; on the right, an apple borer caterpillar in a damaged apple. By using 2-5 pheromone traps in your garden, you can detect the presence of the apple borer in the garden, judge from the traps whether spraying is necessary, and if necessary, carry out the spraying at the right time. By using traps in greater numbers, you can reduce the number of the apple borer by catching the butterflies. Assembling the trap: The ends of the bottom face of the trap are broken up. The pair of glued bottoms is pulled apart and one glued base is placed on the bottom face with the glue facing up. A rubber pheromone capsule (dispenser) is placed in the center of the glue base. Fasteners are placed through the holes, with the help of which the trap is attached to the branch. The trap is hung as horizontally as possible on the southern or western outer branch of the apple tree, so that it is hidden from direct sunlight. When using pheromone traps to track (monitor) the apple borer, they are hung at about eye level so that they can be checked weekly. To do this, the trap is opened at the end and the insects are removed from the adhesive base using a spatula or the tip of a knife, and the number of apple wrappers in the trap is recorded. If the inspection shows that the adhesive base is very dusty or covered with insects and debris, it must be replaced with a new one. If the traps have caught more than an average of 5 butterflies per trap during the week, it is recommended to spray with an insecticide after 7-14 days. Namely, depending on the weather, it takes different time for the eggs laid by the apple moth butterfly to mature and for the caterpillars to hatch from them, but the spraying must be done in a period when the caterpillars are still young and have not yet penetrated the fruit. After spraying, the flight of the apple moth should be continued, and if the number of butterflies caught in the trap rises again above the control criterion, i.e. more than 5 butterflies per week, another spraying should be carried out. Its time is already chosen according to the instructions for the insecticide used (usually 2-3 weeks after the first spraying). If the catches are below the control criterion, it is recommended not to spray! With this, you save nature and save unnecessary expenses on insecticide. To prevent the increase in the number of apple moths in your garden, we recommend hanging traps in the garden to catch the pest butterflies. Catching out apple borer butterflies with pheromone traps is very suitable for controlling this pest, especially in home gardens, where it is not recommended to use insecticides at all or as little as possible. For catching, one trap must be calculated for each adult apple tree or two young trees, and be sure to hang them higher, preferably 2-3 m high, as the butterflies of the apple wrapper fly mainly in the upper third of the crown of the apple tree. After 3-4 weeks, the traps on the adhesive base, which are usually already dusty and covered with insects and debris, should definitely be replaced. If the flight of the apple wrapper lasts longer (it mainly depends on the weather), both the glue base and the dispenser should be replaced in mid-July. If the spare capsule is not needed, it can be stored in a sealed container in a cool place and used next spring. NB! The glue used on the bottoms is very sticky and cannot be washed off with water. You can use ordinary or white spirit to clean your hands; cooking oil etc. is less effective. If the body of the trap is not too damaged by the weather, it can be used again the following year, but only for the same insect species. A noticeable decrease in damage to the apple borer is usually achieved as a result of 2-3 years of harvesting. In order to prevent a new increase in the number of pests in the garden, the use of traps should be continued in the future..