Features:

  • COVERGAGE: Traps over a 5,000 sq ft area
  • SEASON LONG: Lasts the entire beetle season
  • PROVEN LURE: Dual lure system
  • KIT CONTAINS: 1 lure, 1 set of interlocking vanes, 2 bags and hang tie (sold seperatly)
  • MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE: Guaranteed results or your money back – see product label for details.
  • Do not contaminate water, food, or feed by storage or disposal. Store in a cool dry place. Do not open until ready to use
Great for collecting chicken feed.

This is great. I am ordering more this spring. I collect a bag of beetles, place in freezer, take second bag from freezer, feed Popsicle beetles to the chickens, and place second bag to collect beetles.

This works...but a few bits of advice before you use:

This works! I'll reiterate some important points everyone should know before using: 1) set up all the stakes and bags BEFORE opening the lure. The lure attracts swarms of beetles quickly! After a bad experience on my 1st attempt, I decided to wear disposable gloves to open the lure while the lure was inside a zipper storage bag. I did all of this while I was inside my house. I then zipped the storage bag and went outside to the staked spectricide bug bag. I QUICKLY unzipped the storage bag, secured the lure to the staked bug bag, threw my latex gloves into the storage bag, zipped it, and ran back inside. (This will only seem excessive to those of you who have not been covered by a swarm of beetles and had to pick them off your body, clothes, and out of your hair, but we're at the same time attracting MORE beetles because you smelled like the lure.) 2) Put these bug bags AT LEAST 30 feet DOWNWIND of the plants you are trying to save from the beetles. I also advise putting it away from areas you want to be (like patios and porches). Otherwise you are just luring them to the food source (your plants), as you WILL attract beetles that weren't already in your garden. Keeping them away from human sitting areas also keeps them off you. 3) Empty the bags or replace the bags often! When it starts to smell, the beetles will no longer be lured. They know the scent of their death and will avoid it. 4) To catch even more beetles, add a bucket of soapy water below the bag to catch the ones that fall off the outside. I also just empty the bag into the bucket to kill them in the water. I'm currently using 4 bags, set up was easy after I figured out the first one. I'm a bit disturbed by the amount of beetles that began swarming from out of my lawn when I set these up, but I'd much rather attract them to these bags than to have them devastate my plants!

Works CRAZY good!

It works!!! The Japanese Beetles were coming to it the second I hung it up. My only complaint is that the small bag provided would fill completely up in about an hour. I finally added a large kitchen trash bag to it, and you can see my one day haul in the picture. I filled an entire 5 gallon bucket with Japanese Beetles in one weekend. Just make sure to hang it as far away from your trees and bushes as possible.

Best on Japanese beetles - tips included in review

We are filling our 9th bag in 28 hours. We still have many Japanese beetles on the trees but this lure will last through the season. It's nice we can now see less bugs on our trees. *So much for the natural DIY lures I tried for weeks, it didn't work and I wasted time. I feel terrible about it because now my apple tree is devastated, our beautiful grapes are now ucky, and so are several of our trees. I bet some of you can relate. It was sort of shocking when I went to add the lure to the bag. The lure was a pleasant scent. Humm, we had 'droves' of Japanese beetles surrounding me and the patio in just a minute. If you have lots of beetles I would advise to only open the lure after you have the bag hanging on the hook out in the yard and you are ready to walk away. My place looked like it could be in a movie 'the return of the bugs'...yes they were that thick flying around. Tips for those who have lots of beetles: (1) When the bag is full - The bags aren't the quickest or easiest to empty so I decided to attach a one gallon plastic freezer bag to the bottom of their hour glass bag (I saw this helpful tip on the web). When it needs emptied - I remove the tape, remove the full bag, and tape a new on back on. This bag is a gallon size, much larger and holds many more. Remember to change it often. If they stink, the live ones won't get close. (2) I also placed a large tub under it and added 2" of water. I didn't add dish soap to the water but I've seen others add it. The tub of water catches the bugs that fall from the outside of the bag. We caught hundreds and hundreds extra with the tub of water. I dump it often, it's easier for me to do it this way. If you have lots of beetles, I certainly recommend adding a tub under the beetle trap! Had I known: Had I known I'd see so many bugs flying at one time, I would have videotaped and shown you. P.S. I've heard the use of these bags bring in more beetles to your yard. I thought that was true till someone sent info on it. Now I've had a change of heart. I can't hardly see how using the lure would be worse than letting this amount of bugs eat and eat, while the females are laying their 40-60 eggs too. How many females do you have that are not only causing havoc but will also lay 40-60 eggs each? Look at your trees, bushes, plants. I tried natural DIY lures for a few weeks, it was devastating on my plants. But using this lure they immediately start flying straight to the bug bag. They don't take time to stop to eat my trees, apples, plants...they go directly to it.

Surprisingly effective.

I purchased 2 and put out them both out as soon as I received them, which was mid afternoon when the beetles were active. A word to the wise: open the lure last because if the beetles are active, they will be all over you before you finish setting everything up. I found that out the hard way. After I got both traps set up, the beetles were all around and on them. The next morning, the trap closest to my back door was about a third full. I thought that was great until I checked the second trap that was located further away. If you consider the bag full where it narrows, then the second bag was over full. I put a string around the top and tied it off, then put a fresh bag on. It's about noon now on the second day and the beetles are at it again. I noticed that there are substantially fewer beetles on my cherry tree and green beans, so I'm very pleased already. Unfortunately, I just noticed the replacent lures cost more than the box with the trap, lure and 2 bags. Based on my early results, I'd suggest buying a lot if bags. At least they're cheap.

You won't believe it! Awesome results!

Amazing! As soon as I started to assemble the trap, I had the bugs crawling up my arms because of the pheromones. When I hung it up (used a shepherds crook) I had a cloud of bugs swarming the trap! There were so many, my neighbor came over to say she was concerned about the bugs, thinking they were bees. Anyway, in less than 24 hours, my first bag was so full, nothing else could get in there. I just tied it off, and threw it in the garbage can, and put the second bag on. I notice a big difference in the number of the beetles in my birch trees and roses.I can't say enough about this product. I don't have to worry about it killing pollinators, or crunching on all the dead bugs. I've told my co-workers about this product, and they are checking out all the local stores to find it. I'm glad I ordered the extra bags, and hope they come soon!

Grossest Thing You'll ever Love

I have a vegetable garden, a crab apple tree, and a couple of small raspberry plants in my backyard. I first started noticing the beetles on the cucumbers, and then just sort of congregating around my back deck. The local news has been reporting to us we're being invaded, so I bought one of these and HOLY MOLY. Be prepared for these things to swarm immediately, and began having an orgy. Seriously. This stuff is some sort of pheromone attractant and I guess if these guys have to die, at least they die with little smiles on their buggy faces. The trap bag was filled, almost to the top, within 24 hours. They've slowed down a little bit since then, but so, yeah, it works really well. I would recommend buying some extra bags since the lure is supposed to last all summer, and two bags is not going to be enough, for sure. If you want to empty and reuse the existing bags, it's possible, but as my husband said, these things smell like death. They're are gaggingly horrendous. I would only do that if you absolutely have a stomach made of steel.

Japanese beetles no more!!

I have a real love hate relationship with this product. It does the job well, almost too well.... I set this out in our backyard and didn't see much action for the first 24 hours, after that however it was as if the Japanese beetles were calling in their friends from out of town to come see the party happening in our backyard. I've read that these can attract all of the bugs in your own yard, and even some surrounding areas. Which is also why it was a little tricky finding the proper placement for this -as you don't want to set it right on top of the plants/flowers in question that are being destroyed, because that'll just add to the problem until the bag catches them, plus, even though the bag rids you of unwanted pests, it's rather unsightly and you don't want to be staring at it when you're trying to enjoy your yard. I highly recommend getting the hook that is sold separately, otherwise make sure you have some shepherds hooks that are downwind of the plants you're trying to save so you have somewhere to hang it. I also like that the cartridge that does the "attracting" says it can last up to 12 weeks, so you should really only need to buy this once in early summer to get you through the thick of it. All in all a great product, I just wish it came with someone to change the gross bag of dead bugs out for me!

Bags and buckets of dead beatles are my favorite kind

These baits work like a charm! But, you have to know how to use them. You need enough room to place them far enough away from what you want to protect so you don't just draw more Japanese beetles to what you are trying to protect. After 30 minutes, the bag was 25% full and drawing a swarm of beetles. I learned that hanging the bait in a white 5 gallon bucket half filled with water gives much more storage space for the their devilish carcasses. They fly in and drown by the gallon. Also makes disposal easier-just dump the bucket and refill with clean water as needed.

Works!

This is the chemical warfare jihad you need to eradicate the scourge that is the Japanese beetle. These work very well. I used two this season on the perimeter of my property, and will deploy a third next season. Note that unless you modify the bag to trap the beetles into a bucket of water, you will need to empty out the bags (or dispose them and use a new one if you are in to that kind of thing) at lease ONCE A DAY during peak beetle time. In my area of Missouri, these hateful bugs peak from July 1 through July 15. I recommend purchasing extra bags because even if you rinse and reuse them, they will wear out after a week or so. I typically dump the full bags of bugs into a 5-gallon bucket of soapy water and delight as the little bastards drown. Be sure to rinse the bags out really good if you intend to reuse them because the dead bug stank will actually repel them if it gets too smelly.

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