Using an attractant is critical to the performance of your Mosquito Magnet®. Once mosquitoes sense the carbon dioxide from the Mosquito Magnet®, they need secondary mosquito attractants, Octenol or R-Octenol, to hone in on the trap.
Mosquitoes are attracted to the carbon dioxide emitted by humans in our breath and sweat, so several types of mosquito zappers try to take advantage of this. One such product emits a steady stream of carbon dioxide, Octenol attractant and moisture. Mosquitoes are attracted to this mixture, get...
Octenol attractant and moisture. Mosquitoes are attracted to this mixture, get sucked into a net, dehydrate and die. The device is powered by a propane tank, so no
Octenol and Lurex has been EPA approved and is environmentally friendly. A cartridge of each type of attractant typically lasts 21 days before needing to be replaced. Although a propane mosquito trap will function without attractant, utilizing an attractant will significantly increase the effectiveness ...
Many people have achieved success in controlling horse flies by using large sticky fly traps along with some attractant. It has also been proved [here] that the efficiency of regular fly paper traps increases significantly when they are used with odour baits. To make this work, first of all ...