Product Short Description
Tstanes WIN trap offers a pheromone-based solution to control the damages of Rhinoceros beetle in palm trees.
Mode of action
The lure emits a specific odour that attracts the Rhinoceros Beetles towards the trap. The entrapped beetles, drown to death in the water placed in the trap.
Recommended Crops and Traps
Coconut Palm, Date Palm, Oil palm, Arecanut Palm.
2 Traps / Acre, 5 Traps / ha
Placement of Traps
Place the trap under the shade of palm / tree canopy at the height of 3 to 4 feet from the ground level.
Care to be taken to ensure that the trap rest on the trunk/ stem properly and does not rotate or move freely with the wind.
Add soap water to the bottom portion of the trap, the weevils get attracted by lure will enter into the trap through the holes, fall into water and drown.
Use 2 traps / acre to reduce Rhinoceros beetle population below the Economic Threshold Level (ETL).
The traps must be checked at least once in a week for removing the dead beetles and to replace water to compensate for loss due to evaporation.
The traps can be recharged with WIN lure at every 90 days interval.