Bird Junky 0 Posted August 6, 2012 Member ID: 7,065 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 391 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,185 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/01/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 13, 2013 Birthday: 02/05/1936 Share Posted August 6, 2012 B.J's MITE TRAP This trap is intended to be your first line of defence, after a good clean-out. You set the traps so you know the minute any mite have returned before they have a chance to multiply to any great extent. Under normal circumstances, by the time you spot them they are well & truly hidden all around the shed These days of easy to clean plastic cages, it must be a long tramp for the poor mites back to their hidey-holes. This version of my mite trap was devised to be more unobtrusive but just as effective as my aviary mite trap. As you probably already know, mite don't nip out every night like Dracula for a quick snack. They are quite capable of going a month or more, if not longer after a good feed. So every mite strike is from a different colony of mites. Which is why they are so hard to get rid of & just when you think you've won, another colony wake up hungry in their hidey-holes & your back to square one. They have even been found under the tarpaulin on the shed roof & behind the wall insulation. For their own convenience, mite normally choose the birds nearest the wall ends of the perch. How to make my neat little mite trap. 1. Drill a hole in a plastic jar lid, ( remove the cardboard disc.) The hole should be a tight fit for the perch. or it not won't stay in place, 2. Cut a few mite size nicks around the hole so mites can enter on their return journey. 3. Push the perch through the hole so the inside of the lid faces the back wall of the cage. 4. Refit the perch & slide the lid tight up against the back wall. Now your poor mites will have somewhere dark to hide & not to far from their food source. What more could they ask for? Leave the traps in place for a week . Then carefully remove the lid & perch & blast the little b*****s with mite killer or a cheap bleach will work just as well. Wipe away any spray residue, you don't want to discourage any new mites from using the traps. Check the lids every clean out day so you can forestall an invasion . Happy hunting. Yours B.J. PS Apologies to any entomologist, Link to comment
The lion 0 Posted August 6, 2012 Member ID: 6,574 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 32 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 146 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 1,050 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/02/11 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 13, 2014 Birthday: 15/11/1989 Share Posted August 6, 2012 is it possible to post up some images? thanks Link to comment
Bird Junky 0 Posted August 6, 2012 Member ID: 7,065 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 391 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,185 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/01/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 13, 2013 Birthday: 02/05/1936 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 Hi can't find anything for uploading attachments.....B.J. Link to comment
Bird Junky 0 Posted August 26, 2012 Member ID: 7,065 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 391 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,185 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/01/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 13, 2013 Birthday: 02/05/1936 Author Share Posted August 26, 2012 Hi Forgot to mention That this trap was designed for breeders using wood or plastic box type cages. Why no EDIT button?.....B.J. Link to comment
Matt Welchman 0 Posted August 27, 2012 Member ID: 5,835 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 24 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 361 Content Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,075 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/01/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 21, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Spray the aviary with coopex or AIL , a Residual spray and forget about trying to trap them . Link to comment
Bird Junky 0 Posted August 27, 2012 Member ID: 7,065 Group: Site Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 20 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 391 Content Per Day: 0.09 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 2,185 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/01/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 13, 2013 Birthday: 02/05/1936 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 Spray the aviary with coopex or AIL , a Residual spray and forget about trying to trap them . Hello It is not a trap in the normal meaning of the word. It's use is more of an indication of a future infestation..B.J. Link to comment
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