Mosquitoe Attractant Trap

I discovered this by accident as so many other ideas are brought forth.
I have alway dug up Dandelions in my yard with a small trowel. I take a bucket with me so flowers can not escape to my yard. I took the small bucket I had filled up and dumped it into a 5 gallon Bucket I had sitting outside. We had a lot of rain for several weeks. Normal for spring and early Summer. I walked past the bucket and noticed it had a considerable amout of water in it. Bad for mosquito to lay their eggs in. So I decided to dump it out. When I picked it up first the smell, then a large quanity of Mosquitoes flew out. More than normal for a bucket of water. Usally one or two and larve swimming about the water. There was 20 or 30 Mosquitoes, so I continued and dumped it on the ground. Later I started thinking about so many Mosquitoes in the bucket. "Idea" try putting a Bug Light on top of the bucket. I had tried this years earlier with just plain water and put it in a spot where they went during the day, No Dead Mosquitoes. I got out my Spade and picked up the rotted vegetation, put it back into the bucket and filled it again about 1/3 full of plain tap water. Several days later I found some scrap strong plastic to support my Bug Zapper and put it over the bucket. I then monitored it daily. Lot of dead bugs and what appeared to be Mosquitoes. One evening it began to rain so I went and unpluged the Zapper. The next day I looked in the bucket and flying around was 4 or 5 mosquitoes. I plugged it back in and the next day I looked closer inside the grid work of the Trap and saw a bunch of dead Mosquitoes. So Here I am Writing about it. This waste material attracted Mosquitoes so well I had to let other know. Bob Brandt, Hartsburg Missouri.

Small Bug Zapper, 5 gallon bucket, A bucket lid or a Minumum 12 x 12 inch plywood or durable support material, Yard Waste Dandelions or Broadleaf Weeds, Paper material from the bottom of a package of Chicken Quarters, Water. Something to cut hole in the top with: Hole Saw , Saber Saw, Dry wall Saw, Large drill bits

Start off with an empty 5 gallon bucket. Fill it about 1/3 full of Water.

I am not sure if it make a difference but most of the Waste material I had was pulled up Dandelions from my yard..It is possible any Broadleaf Weed will work as well The bucket also contained the paper material, from the bottom of fresh Chicken Quarters, material that is put under to absorb liquid from packaging Chicken, any other parts of Chicken will work as well.

Let the container sit outside for several weeks make sure to maintane the water level. After several weeks the waste should at least to begin to smell rotted. If not you can proceed to the next step anyway in preparation of its decay. Move the bucket to a location where the smell will not bother you.

Using the bucket lid or a piece of whatever material you have as long as it will support the weight of your BUG ZAPPER! The material should be large enough to cover the top of the bucket.

First Cut a hole in the center of your top material to support a Bug Zapper partly inside of bucket and Partly above the cover material. Make sue the Zapper CAN NOT FALL INTO THE WATER! Then additional holes are "drilled / cut" around the Bug Zapper Hole so the Mosqitoes will have access to Terrible Smelling Water Below.

Place the Cover on top of the bucket, Insert the Bug Zapper into the hole. Plug in the Zapper and place the Bucket Assembly 4 or 5 feet above GROUND in a location where you have been bothered by Mosquitoes. If you are needing to use the area and it is bothering you move it temporarly to a different location. So you can enjoy your outdoors.

Remember Mosquitoes are looking for a food source near the ground level not high in the Air.

After Several Weeks of Trapping I had cleaned out my newly designed Zapper Screens Not Shown. I completely cleaned them out. The picture above is one nights trapping after several weeks of nightly trapping. Look at all of the mosquitoes and with my new designed Zapper. Only 4 small June Bugs and NO moths or other insects. Probally 30 to 40 mosquitoes in only one night. I did repeat myself to emphasize this is after 2 weeks of every night extermination in the same spot.