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A comparison of month traps : Results
We have a major infestation of pantry months. They are usually nighttime creatures so when you see them swarming during the daytime you know that there’s an issue. I bought, based upon recommendations upon various websites, four different kinds of pantry moth traps.
1) Catchmaster 812sd Pantry Month Traps
2) Crioxen Pantry Month Traps
3) Dr. Killigan’s Premium Pantry Month Traps
4) USA Made Pantry Month Traps (Did not arrive with the others so unable to test)
The Catchmaster has a square pheromone nugget that has to be place inside the trap. The trap itself looks plain and needed to be folded. The pheromone nugget came sealed in a plastic wrapper for freshness. I believe that the glue is probably the best out of all four packages.
The Crioxen trap looks pleasant (like a teabag); a much better design than the Catchmaster. There is no nugget to place in the glue. Again, the entire trap was sealed in plastic for freshness. I had issues with connecting the two ends together so definitely not for those who have arthritic fingers (ruined a trap just by trying to close it).
Dr. Killigans trap also looks pleasant to the eye. Like the others, the trap came sealed in plastic freshness. There is no nugget to place into the glue. But get this: as soon as I removed the glue strip from the Dr. Killigans trap I was inundated with moths (during the day!!). They could not wait to mate with this trap (only the males would be stupid enough to try to mate with paper anyway)! The other traps be darned, they went after this trap in this trap alone. There were no issues with having to fold the trap or connect the two ends together.
I placed all three traps side-by-side to see what would happen. Within 15 to 20 minutes, Dr. Killigan’s trap was the only one that contained moths (see photos). The others did not. Based upon my initial results I would not even bother with the other traps. I am sure that given an additional day that the Killigans trap will be full and the others may have one or two captives (who probably couldn't fly straight anyways). My goal was to buy a bunch of traps and see which one would work. I have not received any free/discounted samples (for any reviews) for I am just someone who is tired from sharing meals at night with my moth friends.
March 2019 · Home and Kitchen · verified purchase