How to make a safe, effective mosquito trap

This video shows how to make a safe, effective mosquito trap using a bucket, water, grass, a bt (mosquito) dunk, and some netting or screening to keep other creatures out of the bucket.

[bels]

This method works as we did it for the 1st time this garden season due to the overabundance of mosquitos. Thanks for the reminder to dump the entire bucket before adding the next dunk after 30days.😀

[scottiehildebrandt]

Mosquito Dunks and Mosquito Bits are BTI, whereas BT is a different product. The "I" indicates it is the product for mosquitoes. Bacillus thuringiensis israelensis. HIGHLY preferable to non-selective (i.e. widely toxic) chemical pesticides. Dry up breeding stagnant water but if you can't, USE BTI! Great vid.

[RobertEBroska]

I place egg shells in a bucket, which attracts the laying of mosquito larva, and when I see them swimming around, I just dump the entire bucket out onto the hot pavement at noon and they all die. I use 3 buckets around the 1/2 acre, and check them every few days. Works great!

[LBurou]

A VERY helpful video, thanks! Bottom line is to interfere with the life cycle of the dastardly insects and reduce their numbers.

[wrstew]

Just bought some, testing now. Hopefully it is effective as the season has already made them already an issue here.

[nickcats]

Thanks for sharing!❤️ FYI, if the bucket is too big & the water is too deep, the Dunks BT bacterium is ineffective since it floats near the surface and the mosquito larvae can survive in the deeper water level.

[vengo]

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[kathleenstevens]

I would suggest cutting off the excess netting so as to avoid a snake or anything getting caught in the netting hanging down.

[Madronaxyz]

FYI. The volume is turned all the way up on my chromebook but the volume is too low for me to understand what you are saying.

[Nick-NY]

I’ve done this and I promise it works!

[dp]

Hi where is the best place to put these in my yard? Close to my house or away from it? Under or near bushes? Near water?

[plutoplatters]

even cheaper ..easier vs. dunk a few drops of Dawn dish soap... so I hear

[Ochi]

I'm trying the dunks but I still have mosquitoes. it looks like they don't lay eggs in water with dunks. Or maybe it's working so good that I can't see the results. What do you think?

[Johnrider]

We have so many mosquitoes. We could fill that bucket full in one hour

[LBurou]

Has anybody tried adding dish soap to a bucket of water? The explanation is that it will reduce the surface tension of the water and the mosquito can't walk on the water to lay the eggs. The mosquito will sink into the water without laying an egg.

[chrisyarborough]

Where can one find the doughnut looking thing 😉

[krb]

It kills the larvae, but what about adult mosquitos?

[spaideman]

should show the end result of many dead larvae, because mosquitoes are very picky where to lay their eggs especially those water that had been medicated.

[TheApplestick]

oof i can see a cat jumping inside and getting tangled up in that bird netting and rubber bands...

[dulcimerdan]

A bucket that size will take about a quarter of a dunk to work. Putting a whole dunk in is a waste. You should have read the directions before making a video.😊