FUNNEL TRAP

HOST INSECT :

Fall armyworm (spodoptera frugiperda), Tobacco caterpillar (Spodoptera litura), Cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera), Pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella), Yellow stem borer (scirpophaga incertulas), Eggplant fruit and shoot borer (Leucinodes orbonalis).

DESCRIPTION

Funnel trap are made only virgin material for long shelf life, attraction and trapping maximum number of insect. The insects mass trapping (Mass trapping) is an ecological method, specific for every insect and environmentally-friendly. The method consists of the capture of the greater possible number of male of the insect at issue by using sexual pheromones and reducing this way the damages caused in the crop. The effects of the use of the mass trapping are shown mainly as of the second year of use. Funnel trap are highly versatile traps used to collect a wide range of moths. The funnel trap usually contains a lure from the underside of the trap; it is the process of attraction and trapping the insect from those damages to crops.

PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS

• Canopy: 136 mm Diameter x 2 mm thickness.
• Funnel trap base: 105 mm(Diameter of the mouth) x 70 mm(Height of the funnel) x 30 mm(Diameter of the bottom hole) and T shaped handle to hang up the trap.Three studs for fixing canopy on the traps.
• Collection Device: Polythene bag of 175 mm(Width) X 555 mm(Height).

PER ACRE USE

•   Per acre 10 Funnel trap required.

PRECAUTION

•   Please use hand gloves/Keep clean hands when handling the Lure /Trap.

BENIFITS

•   Reduces the Applications of Harmful Pesticide.
•   Economically Affordable, easy to install and manage.
•   If used properly can detect low numbers of insects.
•   Specially designed trap for all Moths(Lepidoptera).
•   Helps in reducing the damage to the crop.
•   They are durable and can be used for several seasons by only replacing the lure.

FEATURES

• Funnel trap is made for same species of insect a special crop.
• Trap made form plastic in part with scientific reason.
• Top on the Trap is “T” shape handle for hanging in field.
• Canopy has three studs for fitting with collection device an collection device is transparent.
• Polythene bag for checking to monitor the number of insects who have trapped.

TESTED BY

Central Institute of Petrochemicals Engineering & Technology (CIPET).