Sticky trap materials where to find

Where can I find and what kind of color boards are being used for the sticky traps for boarers ?

I think they hand make them and use a gallon of sticky glue that they brush on after the paint dries.
I saw it in a video but I don’t remember which

If I remember it is like a paint stick with thin wood or thick cardboard painted to the correct color and then painted with the sticky insect glue, which if I remember correctly can be purchased on Amazon or at local farm supply stores.

Just my memory and I could be totally incorrect.

You will have to be more specific on the tree / borer moth / fly your hunting. A sticky trap lure is bug specific.
The sticky trap will catch anything than wanders by…
Ask at your local outlet…
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It may be more efficient to spray for the borer larva than catching every flying thing that happens to wanders by…
I’ve been told several times that systemic sprays wont kill a active borer. Imadacloprid did a number on the larvae eating the cambium layer on my large Jacklin Hiller elm. Not untill I saw the dead bark and dead wood, though. It is now a feature…
K

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I just watched the video it isn’t card board I looks like plastic that is mad in the same fashion in white green and purple. Already order the sticky glue

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I’m rather committed to avoid pesticides if at all possible. That said I have several spice of pines and juniper . I live in the California Central valley.

Do you have a link to the video??

No but it’s in the mirai live archive just search for sticky traps only a few things will come up and it’s Ryan showing he ow to make them . Just didn’t get exactly what the boards are made of.

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Kurt,

You sprayed when you realized you had a borer large in your tree? Did you get it in the hole or just general spray? Do you think a drench would be worthwhile in the time frame the larvae would be actively eating?

Thanks! Danielle

Shot hole borers are a nightmare down here :confused:

What are you doing for prevention?