Solar traps and pitfall traps help capture pest insects before they can damage crops, or the traps can be used to monitor populations of insects pests as part of an Integrated Pest Management program.
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Solar, pitfall traps capture pests in fields
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Solar traps capture click beetles at night. They regenerate during the day, which is why they are called solar traps.
Solar traps are used to attract click beetles at night.
“The traps use a light to attract the beetles, which fly at night to a shorter distance,” she said.
Here is a pitfall trap in the field, which captures Army worms and cutworms. Pheromones in the trap increase its efficiency.
Farmers need an array of management tools to deal with yield-robbing insects - pea leaf weevil, wheat stem sawfly, wireworms/click beetles, a…