April 9, 2008
Special Trap for Apple Maggots
This spring, I'm thinking of having my parents try a trap to get rid of apple maggots. My parents aren't much for gardening, but they do have two great apple trees in their backyard. The problem is that every summer, by the time the apples are ready to eat, it seems they've already been half eaten by the, er, wildlife.
Here's a trap I found at Amazon (is there anything you can't find at Amazon?):
"The Spring Star Apple Maggot trap... has been proven effective at reducing apple maggot damage. Flies are attracted by the lures and come to a sticky demise on the juicy-looking apple sphere."
Sticky demise, heh heh.
The trap comes with a "one-season, controlled-release lure system." You're supposed to place the traps in the trees 1-2 weeks before buds break in the early spring, and then leave the traps out until harvest time.
For $20, you get a trap kit with three traps and three lures. No reviews on the site yet, so I'm not sure if that's enough to keep apple maggots away from one tree or multiple trees or what. I guess we'll see.
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