XLure Multi-Species Beetle Floor Trap-1Trap

XLure Multi-Species Beetle Floor Trap

A special mix of food attractants, developed by the UK Government’s Central Science Laboratory is highly attractive to a wide range of stored product beetles & their larvae and is the key attractant.

Tests have shown that these include: Grain Weevils, Rice Weevils, Maize Weevils, Lesser Grain Borers, Foreign Grain Beetles, Saw Toothed Grain Beetles, Drug Store Beetles, Merchant Grain Beetles & Flour Beetles. Also present in this trap is the long-established ‘Pherogel’ pheromone lure for: Red & Confused Flour Beetles, Cigarette Beetles and Warehouse & Khapra Beetles.

This is capped with a rubber disk to control the release of the pheromones. Trapping pit / Lure cartridge… can be purchased separately. In the bottom of the trapping pit lays a filter paper soaked in wheat germ oil, which is another powerful attractant for a wide range of these beetles.

Once the beetles fall on this surface, however, they get coated in the oil, which stops their escape. The oil also coats the insect’s spiracles that induces death…no messy glue used!

EASE OF USE The X-LURE™ Beetle Floor Trap is supplied in two parts:

1. The permanent trap, made from tough, injection-moulded polypropylene in ‘Food Industry’ blue.

2. Disposable ‘lure cartridges’ which are designed for up to 6 – 8 weeks use.

Each lure cartridge is sealed to ensure it reaches you at peak attractiveness. The foil seal is simply pulled off and the cartridge is pushed into position on the Trapping pit/lure cartridge underside of the trap.

The trap is then placed in position, close to machinery or other potential harbourages where beetles may be present.

The insects to the right are Confused Flour Beetles in a heavily infested factory!

After 6 – 8 weeks, the lure cartridges should be replaced with new ones. In conclusion, the new X-LURE™ Multi Species Insect Trap offers PMPs: