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Green Vane Trap

Green Vane Trap

Simple to use trap for monitoring and containment of the strawberry blossom weevil, Anthonumus rubi and the tarnished plant bug, Lygus rugulipenis.

The Green Vane Trap has been developed to be highly effective at trapping the strawberry blossom weevil and tarnished plant bug. The trap is designed for use with pheromone lures for monitoring and mass trapping. The traps are hardwearing and can be used for several seasons.

Benefits of the Green Vane Trap
  • Durable and hardwearing
  • Simple to install and maintain
  • Attracts both Anthonomus rubi and Lygus rugulipennis
  • Target pests fly into the cross vane at the top of the trap and fall into the funnel and bucket below.

Green Vane Traps are used to monitor and trap the strawberry blossom weevil, Anthonumus rubi and the tarnished plant bug, Lygus rugulipenis, which can cause extensive damage in crops. Combine traps with Anthonomus rubi and Lygus rugulipennis lures for effective monitoring. The pests are attracted to the lures and the colour of the traps vanes. The pests fly into the cross vane and fall into the funnel and bucket below, which is filled with soapy water to prevent their escape.

For monitoring Anthonomus rubi, use two or more traps in each field. They should be sited in places where adults are likely to migrate into the crop in spring. The crop margin next to the hedgerows or woodland where the adults may have overwintered in hedge bottoms is a good position, or else where adults may migrate from neighbouring crops which have flowered earlier.  For Lygus rugulipennis, place the traps at 50 m intervals around the edge of fields.

For protected crops, traps should be set at the ends of tunnels near the entrance where weevils are likely to enter from hedgerows, head- lands or adjacent infested crops.

The traps base should be partially buried in the soil to stop it from falling over. Do not bury it too deeply as this can result in larger numbers of ground beetles entering the trap unintentionally. Make sure that the top of the trap is below the boom height of a sprayer.

Collect data weekly or more frequently if possible. Weevils and bugs captured may be removed on each sampling occasion which makes counting new arrivals easier, but this is not strictly necessary. Decisions on pesticide application should not be taken solely on the trap catch data. Climatic and biological considerations should be taken in account.

Lures can be changed every 4-8 weeks to get the most accurate results.