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[Chromerust]

I scored this cool bug trap called the Nosquito, it has a UV light with a funnel trap underneath it. There is a fan that sucks the bugs down a trap door into a mesh cage. When the unit is turned off the trap door closes. I can't wait to see if it'll catch me some queens when it warms up.




Removable mesh cage

[dspdrew]

Nice! Not sure about suction, fans and trap doors, but that is definitely the light you need to attract queens.

[Chromerust]

Nice! Not sure about suction, fans and trap doors, but that is definitely the light you need to attract queens.

It's very much like your home made one. I can always disable the fan, the suction isn't very strong. Actually it doesn't seem to do much except make noise.

[Chromerust]

Here it is with the lid open, you can see the trap door and funnel I was talking about

[Gregory2455]

Where can you get this???

[Chromerust]

It was a thrift store find for me. Got it for $6 brand new! Check Amazon for NOsquito and let me know if you find it ok.

[benjiwuf]

http://www.amazon.co...ywords=nosquito that's the link, and compared to other traps for sale i'd say that's a steal!

[Gregory2455]

http://www.amazon.co...ywords=nosquito Here it is. Is this it?

Dammit benji beat me to the draw.

[benjiwuf]

[Chromerust]

Yup that's it. Even at $23 it's a good buy in my opinion.

[Gregory2455]

I am going to get it and tweak it for catching ants.

[benjiwuf]

make a thread on your improvements, i plan on picking one up sometime as well.

[dspdrew]

That's a good price, but keep in mind that bulb is only 4 watts, so that is a very low amount of light. To put it in perspective, the traps Bioquip sells are mostly either 12 or 22 watts.

[Chromerust]

I removed the little door at the bottom of the funnel easy. It just attaches into a little hole on each side. This unblocked the opening into the trap and made it a lot bigger

[Chromerust]

That's a good price, but keep in mind that bulb is only 4 watts, so that is a very low amount of light.

It is small, but surprisingly brighter than you would think. It's hard to stare directly into it for long. I would imagine in a dark spot it's a good starter kit for backyard black lighting. I don't really know how effective the funnel is but at least it can attract the queens and you could just catch them yourself.

[dspdrew]

I don't think you want to stare at the UV lights in those.

[kellakk]

This seems like a cheap, easily workable UV light trap if it works.  Is the light replaceable? I'd rather have a higher wattage, although that may cost more than the device itself if the light bulb is in a strange size.

Edited by kellakk, February 5 2015 - 5:25 PM.

[Chromerust]

This seems like a cheap, easily workable UV light trap if it works.  Is the light replaceable? I'd rather have a higher wattage, although that may cost more than the device itself if the light bulb is in a strange size.

The bulb is about 6" long, I can measure it tomorrow if you want. I saw replacement bulbs on sale for around $7 but I couldn't tell you if the unit can handle higher wattage bulbs or if they exhist.

[dean_k]

Should this be used outside? Just out in backyard.

[Chromerust]

Should this be used outside? Just out in backyard.

This is a outdoor device