How to Make a Trap for Yellow Jackets

If you're bugged by yellow jackets, wasps or moths, try this environmentally safe trap that lures these insects in.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Apple Cider Vinegars
• Water
• Scissors
• Scissors
• String
• Water
• 1 bananas peel
• 2-liter sodas bottle
• 1/2 c. sugars

1. Recycle a 2-liter soda bottle.

2. 

   Add 1/2 cup of sugar and 1/2 cup of water.

3. 

   Shake the bottle until the sugar is dissolved.

4. 

   Add 1 cup of apple cider vinegar.

5. Shake to mix.

6. 

   Add a banana peel.

7. Add more water until the bottle is approximately half full.

8. 

   Cut a 3/4-inch diameter hole in the curved area near the top of the bottle.

9. Put the lid on the bottle and tie it to a tree limb near hives or any place you see wasps.

10. Throw the trap away when it's full and make a new one to replace it.

Tips & Warnings

• Though most insects will be attracted to the smell of this particular trap, its odor is not sweet enough to attract honeybees.

[muskoil]

on 10/2/2009 ok

[blj7150]

on 7/21/2009 Great article! I hope this works around pools. We can't even enjoy an afternoon swim for fighting these things!

[annvans]

on 4/18/2009 oh, this is interesting. Great info on how to make a yellow jacket trap.

on 9/2/2006 If you know there is a nest under your porch of eaves ( anywhere that you cannot get to), position your vacuum cleaner hose beside the entrance hole (about 90º angle) that the wasps are using, and let it run for a couple of hours. Any wasp that goes in or out will be sucked up. Most nests are finished with just two active day sessions. Works great.

on 7/20/2006 Smirnoff (Red Label) is a great trap for yellow jackets. Just leave a bottle (neck area completely empty) where the yellow jackets are. They love the citrus scent and are willing to die for it. Once inside the bottle they can't find their way back out. They will fill the bottle in just a few days. Found this out by accident when a bottle was left out on my deck. Three days later it was full of yellow jackets.