Insects are only seemingly harmless little insects. Sometimes they can greatly annoy a person: crawl into food, itch over his ear, not letting him fall asleep, and even bite and spread the infection. A few decades ago, to combat them, there was only a fly swatter and a bottle of Dichlorvos, and it was by no means harmless to human health, but nowadays there are much more reliable means.
Electric traps differ in their designs and the principle of capturing insects, in size, in the presence of adjustment of the shutdown temperature, but what unites them all is that they all work or recharge from the electric network. There are electric traps for getting rid of mosquitoes and flying insects, cockroaches, garden pests and even rodents. According to customer reviews, trap models such as Patriot, Independence, Executive, Commander have proven themselves to be good at work.
Electric trap for flying insects
Electronic traps are based on the use of an ultraviolet lamp. Placed inside the case, it attracts with its light all kinds of flying midges, which instinctively flies to the light. But the path to the luminous source is blocked off by a thin high-voltage grid, after which the insect dies and falls into a special tray installed at the bottom of the device.
Product Feature
When the device is connected to the network, the lamp lights up, from which heat and the spectrum of ultraviolet rays emit. This is where the trap begins its work, flying insects are attracted by luminous heat, which is why they fly directly to the lamp. The spectrum of radiation is not dangerous for a person, even if he is constantly in the room with a working device. In addition, the mesh housing of the device protects from direct contact with the high-voltage grid. Unlike humans, it is not an obstacle for insects.
Warning
However, in apartments and houses where there are small children, it is not worth using an electronic trap. Since, despite the fact that the current discharge is not at all fatal, but noticeable, this can greatly frighten a curious baby. According to the principle of action and efficiency, the device has earned many positive reviews, the task of its owner is only not to deviate from the instructions and instructions for the operation of the electronic trap and in the timely replacement of the lamp.
Device Instructions
An electric trap for insects emits rays invisible to the human eye, but the luminescence itself becomes less bright over time. Noticing this, we can conclude that the time has come to replace the lamp. For the instrument to operate efficiently, the insect trap lamp should be replaced approximately once a year. Once in a period of 1-2 months, the device should be cleaned of accumulating dead insects. Place the electronic trap away from humid places and from the food area.
Electric cockroach trap
Stalking devices that work from the electric network are used mainly for the destruction of cockroaches. This trap for insects is a small device inside which you need to lay the bait. After that, the device is connected to the network for a certain period of time. The cockroach army, attracted by the smell of bait attractive to them, penetrates one after another into the device, where they make their way and receive an electric discharge of current incompatible with life.
Since the principle of operation of such traps is associated with electricity, they should be installed only in dry places. An indisputable plus of such devices in their durability. The owner will only need to periodically replace the bait and sometimes clean the dead trap from the electric trap, of course, first disconnecting it from the network.
The main types of insect traps
Most traps are similar in principle and design. Some of them are presented in the form of small boxes: square, round or rectangular, along the edges of which there are several openings for entry. Inside such a device is hidden poison bait. Other types of traps are based on the principle of ultrasonic devices. Such devices destroy insects by electric current. Which device to choose depends on your preference.
Glue trap for insects
Glue types of traps belong to the category of the safest and most effective inventions, which are also very affordable. The general principle of the device is based on the use of a sticky but fragrantly attractive for insects bait, which is applied from the inside to the bottom of a small cardboard house. Insects go to the smell, make their way inside the boxes, from where they can no longer get out, since their paws reliably stick to the sticky glue bottom.
It is necessary to set glue traps for insects in places of the most active movements of these uninvited guests, and such areas can be easily calculated from the visible traces of their life. Despite the fact that such adhesive application does not dry out for a rather long time, however, houses often have to be replaced due to insects accumulated in them. Therefore, stopping their choice on them, it is better to purchase several of these trap houses at once.
Insecticide traps
The insect trap, inside which there is a special insecticide, also deserved a lot of positive reviews. Cockroaches that have been inside the device and tasted the poison bait, before they die, carry the poison on their paws to their nests and to places of a large concentration of relatives, which causes their mass infection. The substance very quickly produces its destructive effect on the body of insects, poisoning and sterilizing them, and sometimes it takes only a few days to completely get rid of the numerous annoying rati, and at the same time greatly reduce their population as a whole.
Such traps can be used repeatedly, since insects can neither adapt nor get used to the poisonous substance from which the insecticide is produced. The back panel of most models of such traps is equipped with a sticky surface, which allows you to place the device even on vertical surfaces, for example, on the back wall of a kitchen cabinet or wardrobe, under the sink, on the side panel of the refrigerator.
Pheromone Trap
Females of insects in a period of reproduction determined for them by nature secrete a substance attracting males with pheromones. Males can smell this substance, causing their instinct to mate, for several kilometers. An insect trap using an artificially produced pheromone fragrance is by its principle simple to impossibility. The design is based on the use of adhesive tape, in the middle of which a flavoring substance is applied. Striving for a beckoning smell, insects, stepping on the tape, remain on it, not having the ability and strength to tear themselves from its sticky base.
Based on the foregoing, we can conclude that to date, traps for insects are very diverse and very effective.