Sometimes the DIY stink bug traps aren’t worse than professional products. Moreover, if you’re not dealing with a huge stink bug infestation, you can easily get rid of several pests with a homemade stink bug trap.
Thanks to the Internet, you can make any insect trap including an electronic one. Also, working with pest exterminators and pest control agencies I’ve learned a little about how to make a stink bug trap by your own and created my own recipe. I hope you’ll like it.
In fact, making stink bug traps following a DIY-guide is quite easy process. Just make sure you have all the needed ingredients and make a trap by yourself.
Step 1: Find yourself an empty plastic bottle and get a craft knife. Cut the top of the bottle and proceed to the next step. Don’t forget to keep the part you cut off, you’ll need it soon.
Step 2: Grab some sandpaper or double-sided tape. If you take the tape, make sure you only peal the one side off it and stick that side directly onto the bottle.
Step 3: Find a battery-powered light source and put it at the bottom of the bottle. When I prepared this trap for the first time, I used a small flashlight which I found in the nearest shop. These flashlights are usually pretty cheap, so you can get several and create more traps if needed.
Step 4: Now, take the piece of the bottle that you cut off earlier. Invert it and stick or glue it onto the bottle. Make sure that there are no gaps between the edges, so insects couldn’t escape. The only entrance should be through the hole in the middle of the bottle. You can also grease the inside of the bottle with soap or wax to make sure the stink bugs will stay inside the trap.
Step 5: Put the diy stink bug traps in required rooms at night. Don’t forget to turn off all the lights. Like any other bugs, stink bugs also come out at night, so they’ll be attracted by the light source from the trap. Check the trap in the morning and empty it to use it again.