Beetle Traps

[MuckSavage]

I'm sure alot of you have seen it, but, While out in the Plastic Bridge area, closer to the intersection of Raritan & Sandy Causeway Rds, I stumbled upon a rather unique looking thing hanging in a tree. I jotted down some info on the label & here is what it is.

http://pherotech.com/page154.htm

 

[pinelandpaddler]

Cool. On the last PBX outing, we came across a number of what we believe to be some sort of insect traps. Maybe one of the guys will post a picture.

 

[RednekF350]

Nice avitar Cletus!

 

[pinelandpaddler]

 

[dragoncjo]

Pinepaddler, were they drift fence type traps? FPP, in the past has had insect drift fences out there. One time when I went there was only dead fowlers toads in them.

 

[Teegate]

Bob has the actual part and can take a photo of it. It was certainly home made by someone who knew what they were doing. I did not take a photo of it, but I think I will be going back the next time I am in the area to look around more.

Guy

 

[Teegate]

Here is a quick drawing I made of it from memory. It is wood and the person milled or flat bottom drilled three holes in the front of it for a cavity. Then he put a screen across it and stapled it. The staples are the dark lines holding the screen over the cavity. The hole in the side was where the bug entered. One had a plastic tube in it. One had the small hole on one side, and others had it on both side.

Guy

 

[bobpbx]

You have a good memory Guy. The beetle trap is just a swag by me.

 

[Teegate]

I make things like that for a living. I used the program I use at work to draw it. It isn't designed for looks, rather for dimensions.

Anyway, lets see what opinions come forward.


Guy

 

[Teegate]

All,

Some of you may remember us trying to figure out what the wooden screened item was that Bob has a photo of in post 8. We discovered it on our PBX Chatsworth North Hike in 11/08. I have added that photo to this post here.

We came up with a Beetle trap and I believe Woodjin in a later post mentioned this item also. In any event, Bob found this video today which shows us exactly what it is. The item is shown just after 1:06 so look this photo over and keep a watch in the video.

http://www.app.com/section/VideoNetwork?bctid=946314662001&odyssey=mod|tvideo|article

Guy

 

[dogg57]

http://foxhavenjournal.com/category/beekeeping/page/4/