Bedbug Trap - The Williams Method

[chevydude]

I created this trap just as you showed. After the first night, I trapped two adult bugs and five babies. The babies were almost invisible. If the baby powder hadn't been in the bottom of the glass they wouldn't have been visible at all. This trap works like crazy. I'm adding more sugar to the bottle and I'm setting it back up. This trap is cheap, and incredibly effective. It's cheap enough that I can create one for every room. Thank you so much for this. I thought I had these evil things under control, but this trap showed me there's still something to deal with. Thank God!

[FrankTennyson]

Seriously, Mr. Williams! Thank You!~ I set two traps and the next day caught 100 or so! Every day since then it's been fewer and fewer ! I am so grateful!

[CasspersSoapbox]

March 16 2020 .. I made two of these traps and set them at the head of the bed I not only had bed bugs in the traps in the morning but there was no bugs in my bed for the whole night . Ya Thanks for this tip .. My war continues

[ca]

I didn't do this yet but I followed his advice about
●wrapping the mattress in 4 mil plastic
● I bagged up all our belongings in plastic bags. ( I now have to treat our belongings)
● I have a steamer which I think I'd been fine without.
●I bought bed bug and egg kill (Harris) for the resistant bedbugs.
● wash and dried all bedding
● I bought bed bug interceptors
● I sprayed an insecticide to kill them and a residual (suspend sc)/ and gentrol)
● I put cimexa around the baseboards, inside the interceptors and under the bed on the floor.
No bites in about a months...
I'm a city bus driver and this coronavirus has my schedule on the fritz so I haven't been able to completely kill the hiding BB's, I haven't seen any but i know i have to treat our belongings... THANX Joel for all the great advice, I have been actually sleeping peacefully like before we had any issues...

[jeffreyjitterbug]

Shot glass easily tips over. Hose keeps coming out of it also. Ramp/climbing method not optimal. Hole in cap not optimal.
Thanks, finally, for the accurate recipe though. My technique - square bottom 2-liter clear water jug sitting inside of cut bottom of 1 gallon vinegar jug, hose rubber banded to outside of the 2 liter bottle going down towards bottom, sticky ace bandage wrap-around the vinegar jug bottom trap (can also use cotton medical tape), finally a drill gun/bit for the hole. Now that is World Class!

[saider]

For those who prefer written steps, I have summurized the man's procedure into steps, maybe not as perfect as watching him do it so correct me if I am wrong and i will make edits. I have just finished doing this and have placed it in my bedroom after using harris bed bug kit, but i also wanted to try this man's method after applying harris chemicals, maybe i won't trap as many bugs soon because harris kit took out most of them (at least for today), and they will probably appear in the coming days/weeks. Will wait and see and share update in the comment to hopefully help others.



1- 12 oz cup of water (half filled= 6oz) of warm water 40 C
2-add one table spoon of sugar into the cup
3- add 1/4 oz of active dry yeast
4- stir solution well
5- wait 10 mins
6- jug with 2 quarts (8 cups) of warm water 40 C
7- add 2 and 1/2 cups of sugar to jug
8-stir the sugar and water solution and dissolve the sugar
9- introduce (add) the yeast, sugar and water solution cup from earlier steps to the jug
10- stir the jug again very well.
11-use a funnel to pour the final solution into an empty 2 litter coke bottle
12- make a small hole on the center of the bottle's cap to fit in a 1/4 inch OD | .170 inch ID plastic tube (make sure the hole is not too big, just enough to get the tube through)
13- after inserting the tube (should not be inserted too much just enough to get on the other side maybe 1/2 cm.) seal the hole from both sides using glue
14- make sure that tube remains dry and never touch the solution, the idea is to make CO2 generated by the solution to flow through it
15- get a small glass shot cup and wrap it with paper towel, this will make it easy for the bug to climb on it (they can't climb well on class)
16- trim the paper towels with scissors to the neck (use the top of the glass as reference)
17- put the other end of the plastic tube inside the small shot cup (might need to apply small tape to prevent it from poping out from the glass)
18- the idea is that the CO2 flowing from the bottle into the tube and then into the class will make bugs attracted to it, they will climb on the glass (made easy by paper towels)
and when they reach the top of the class they may get themselves into the cup with no or little chance for them to climb back up and get out due to the slippery nature of glass.

[williamclotfelter]

i found your site and watched the video on the Bed Bug Trap, I constructed the trap just as you described and low and behold it worked just as you said it would. I've caught about 60 bed bugs in it, then the pest control guy for the apartment complex came in, I showed him the trap and showed him your video and he had never heard of your trap before and was amazed at how well it worked and wanted to know how to construct one. He sprayed the bedroom with a solution that is not harmful to my cats on Friday. Today i checked the bed bug trap and for the first night there were no bugs in it. I am elated to think i might be able to sleep in my bed again. I've ordered the CimeXa and plan on applying it to stop any future infestations. Thank you so much for putting your video out where poor people can see it and get some help with the bugs.

[blakeray]

Thanks to advice from your videos I was able to rid myself of a very frustrating bed bug problem without ever getting a professional exterminator. I did not have a heavy infestation, but it went on for a long time, and even followed me (in a raw wooden futon frame, I think) when I moved to another state. Hard to put in words how stressful and discouraging it was. You mentioned that bedbugs can hide in cracks as narrow as a credit card. I found some deep in a joint on my futon frame that had a gap even narrower. Steam, CimeXa, and yeast traps did the trick, I did not encase my mattress and box spring (I usually sleep in a regular bed but had the futon and frame mostly for guests.) I have not had any bites in two years now. I thank you also for speaking clearly and sensibly, and getting straight to the point. I am so grateful.

[waynekirtman]

THANK GOD! We me ad my wife have spent thousands of dollars thru away carpet furniture everything! We spent hundreds on sprays traps (bye bye bud bugs) finally a cheap an easy way to get us some help thank you Joel an GOD BLESS YOU SIR! Keep up what you're doing to help with the nayesayers!

[voltron]

Joel. Thanks so much for making the video. Last night made the trap for free because I had everything around the house to make it. We sprinkled DE all around the room, and put the trap in the middle, and within an hour had 2 in there. woke up to 30 dead in the jar. I'm guessing due to the DE. Screw all the nasty comments. My family appreciates you so much!!

[joshp]

I had a bed bug scare recently that I have ruled out to be mosquitoes. Here I am, watched this whole video simply because your presentation was so impressive and especially informative. You are a great man doing a great service and I have much respect for folks like you.thanks and keep up the great work!

[theother]

So it's 2 am, I've been at war with bed bugs for two weeks now. I've never had bed bugs in my life until I moved here and I've lived in thousands of places. It's 2 am and this sweet man has given me hope!!!!

[patrickbrauer]

Well done and worth watching the full video. Considering the target audience, I'd even call it praiseworthy. Great job using some of the current terminology and adding details that most people would skip just to shorten the video.

Don't skip this video because you want to find the same info in a three minute video. I am fairly knowledgeable on the topic and I was still surprised by a few details in this video that tied together some of what I already knew. There is little, if any, wasted time or self praise.

This is a great example of someone trying to help people who actually need the help...

[hif]

I thank you for your video's. Its clear your are a gifted, patient teacher.  I wanted to mention that bendable soda straws joined together with duct tape make excellent tubing.  Also, the commenters may have missed it, but CO2 is actually heavier than air.  Once it reaches the bottom of the shot glass it lingers in there for quite some time.  CO2 suffocates the Bed bugs.  Essentially they die from lack of Oxygen.

[hn]

I had mild bed bug infection in my bed room, after I spend whole week done everything I could do like laundry everything and sealed them in plastic bags, caulked all the hole and spray bed bug killer over my bed frame and put bed bug powder all over on the edge of my room, and it seems like I killed most of beds in my room but I still got couple bites every other night which really got me crazy, It made me feel like I should give up my apartment, finally I saw this video, and I set up 2 trap, first night I caught 1 very little one in my first trap, and second night I got another mature one in other trap, and after that it’s been 3 weeks now, I don’t get any bite anymore, I believe I already won the war, but I still set up 2 new traps in my room for just in case, but I don’t get any so far, A BIG BIG Thanks, u really save my life!!!

[nazariomega]

It works! Yesterday I installed two traps. This morning there were four bugs in one and ten in the trap at the head of the bed. Only 14 but feels like gold.

[ChiefKeeffiyeh]

Yo, good Look on putting this video up…This is my 2nd time referencing it to make the trap again. I made 2 other modified smaller versions w/ success besides the 2-liter version. I've caught maybe around 10-23 bbs in a 3 week period & i don't even have a big infestation. Mostly it's the building and the previous tenant before I moved in. I've only recently seen 2 after not seeing any for awhile ( that's why i'm setting it up again) and I haven't been bit for a hot minute. Everything is off the wall. i put tape on the bottom of my workstation and caught one. I put packing tape on the legs of my sofa w// baby powder rubbed around it. Same for bed frame. I feel victorious. Again, thanks for yr help.  

[Weezypillar]

This is literally the best video on YouTube. We had a small infestation coming from a neighboring apartment. These traps combined with bed bug spray eliminated all of them in under a month. God bless you sir!

[christ.]

Hey Guys,

I am not usually the type to leave reviews on internet websites, but this little gadget actually works! Not only for bed bugs, but for other insects that are attracted to carbon dioxide. I am a pre-med student and it made so much sense to use yeast in this experiment.It may be a gradual process, just give it time. Thank you!

Chris

[starkatt]

Thank you, Joel! This project was actually fun to put together. I have a tip for making the hole in the top of the bottle lid- find a nail that has a head the same size as the tubing, then grip the nail with pliers at the pointed end and hold the head of the nail over a candle flame for a few seconds. When the nail head is hot enough, it will push right through the plastic lid like it's going through butter. You will end up with a hole that is the perfect size, with smooth edges.

Another tip: If you don't want to wait for the silicone sealant to cure, you can use electrical tape. The way you use the tape is to wrap it around the part of the tubing that goes into the bottle cap. Start at about 3" from the end of the tube and wrap three times, continue wrapping moving closer to the end and wrap two times, and then about an inch from the end you wrap the tape just once. Then you poke the tube DOWNWARD into the hole in the top of the bottle cap, twisting the cap to work it further up the tube. The tape will be thicker further up because of the three wraps. It should get stuck midway and form a tight seal. If the cap slides up too easily, try again with more wraps.

And just one more thing... I couldn't get the paper towel to stay up to the edge of the shotglass with the rubber band. It kept slipping down. I ended up cutting a thin strip of duct tape which I wrapped around the top of the glass just below the rim with the sticky part of the tape facing outward, then I carefully lined up the edge of the paper towel at the lip of the shotglass and wrapped it around the tape, securing it with a tiny piece of tape. This method kept the paper towel in position near the top of the shotglass, even after being handled many times as I moved it around.