Tangle-Trap
Insect Coating™ is a non-toxic sticky material that is
widely used in forestry and greenhouse pest management
to construct traps and barriers for a variety of
insect pests.
Constructing the spider trap
Spider traps
are very simple to make. Cut a piece of cardboard
(cereal box works great) about 4"x9". Draw lines at 3"
intervals along the long side. Paint the middle section with Tangle-Trap
sticky coating. Use the "brushable" type
formula of Tangle-Trap. If the cardboard is too
absorbent, you can coat it with a water-based
polyurethane before the Tangle-Trap. Fold the sides up
and tape along the top seam making a triangular
"tube". You're done!
Be sure to
use the "brushable" type of Tangle-Trap because the
aerosol spray is a bit too thin and the paste type is
too heavy. The same
sticky coating material can also be used for other
homemade insect traps for pests like fruit
flies, ants,
deer flies,
and cockroaches.
Once made place your traps with the
long side against baseboards, behind furniture and inside cabinets because
spiders usually travel near the base of walls. Use several traps per room. When
they encounter the trap opening spiders will wander inside and get caught in the
sticky material. You can dispose of used or dirty traps in household
trash.
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