Bug Camp Malaise traps . BugCampers Zack and Will set up a malaise trap. Photo courtesy of Jane Zimmerman A malaise trap is used to collect flying insects with very little effort. The trap is a pyramid shaped tent of thin netting.
Insects can fly into openings in the bottom of the trap.
Once they are inside they will fly up in an effort to escape. At the top of the pyramid a jar with a funnel shaped hole is attached to the netting. The insects fly through the hole and then find it very difficult to fly back out. A piece of insecticide, something like a no pest strip, is placed in a shallow tray suspended from the lid of the jar at the very top of the trap. The insecticide gives off fumes that kill the insects trapped in the jar.