Catches animals, in a way

Usage examples of traps.

When the beetles have crawled on the traps, dump the bugs into soapy water.

The traps are useful for reducing infestations, letting you know where most of the cockroaches are and proving that you have got rid of them, but by themselves these traps will not eliminate all your cockroaches.

In the eighteenth century decorative flea traps were devised - perforated tubes worn on cords around the neck containing sticky tubes or a blood-soaked cloth to trap the fleas.

In Africa, amazing progress has been made in the eradication of the tsetse fly using baited traps made from plastic bags, a few feet of cloth, and some staples.

Pheromone lure traps - which use the sex attractant chemicals of the insects themselves - are now available for warehouses, stores and home use, both for detection and control of these pests.

Despite competition from traps that guillotine, harpoon, incinerate, and tranquillize, the standard old wood-base snap trap is still considered the most reliable.

For roof rats, the traps may need to be nailed onto tree trunks or vine-covered fence tops, where the rats are known to travel.

If you suspect there may be a lot of rodents, set numerous traps all at once, every metre or so.

Or a pair of traps should be set parallel to the wall, with the bait facing outward in opposite directions.

A box moved close to the wall near the traps will force the rats or mice along your runway of death.

When setting traps, use heavy rubber gloves to eliminate the human smell.

One person we know places the traps in the oven to melt the cheese in place.

Bait the traps for a few days without setting them so the rodents get used to feeding from them.

Collect them in traps around the yard and add them to the compost pile.

Sticky glue products or pans of soapy water become death traps when cleverly manipulated.