Asian hornet trap Vetopharma®

01 · HOW IT CATCHES

The tunnel guides the hornet and the liquid does the rest

The lid's two entrances sit under a tunnel that concentrates and directs the bait's scent, blocks the light and makes it hard to find the way out. Inside, insects that fall into the liquid drown. It has no escape holes for small insects and no adjustable entrance, so it can also catch non-target insects.

02 · WHEN AND WHERE

Fit the campaign to the activity you observe

Its place is the apiary with hornets already hawking at the entrances, in summer and autumn. Hang it by its hook from a branch 1.5-3 m above the ground, or set it next to the hives, on the ground or on a stand, once daily highs pass 15 °C. It takes a few hours to start catching; if nothing goes in within a few days, move it. With attractant inside, always keep it out of reach of children and the public.

Using it means weighing up the impact on non-target insects and following the local protocol. The timing is adapted to the campaign and to the activity observed; do not keep it going out of routine, and do not assume that the number of catches alone shows less damage to the hives.

03 · BAIT AND UPKEEP

Strain it to empty, refill it without scrubbing

Véto-pharma's dose is 10 ml of its VespaCatch attractant, 50 g of sugar and 200 ml of water, mixed in the bowl; with another attractant, keep its own ratio and scale it to that volume. Renew it when the trap is full of hornets or after three weeks. To remove the catch, just strain the liquid; when you refill it, don't rinse the bowl and leave a dead hornet inside: the smell of earlier catches draws in the next ones. When assembling the tunnel, push its tabs firmly into the slots, as the part itself says: that is what stops the trap from falling.

04 · BEFORE YOU BUY

If you need to cut down on accidental catches, compare the entrance, escape and liquid-separation systems. VespaCatch Select adds those mechanisms; it does not guarantee zero non-target catches either.

How many? With 2 hornets per hive hawking at the entrances, one trap for every two hives; with 3 to 5, one per hive; with more than 5, three for every two. This is Véto-pharma's specific guideline for the Original and should be adapted to monitoring and to local conditions.

⚠ LEGAL NOTICE

It is a non-selective trap, and in many areas trapping is regulated: check the rules where you are before hanging it. Don't touch nests: report them to the local authorities.