DIY Mosquito Traps (VIDEO)

You only need a few ingredients to make an effective mosquito repellent: sugar, yeast, and warm water. Or even oil.

how to make a mosquito trap

The ingredients are really simple, easy to find, and essential: basically, a plastic bottle of mineral water, sugar, yeast, and hot water. It really doesn't take much to make it. stop mosquitoes at home, through a trap Rudimentary but powerful. Dangerous to our health, especially if we suffer from allergies, and to that of our four-legged friends, mosquitoes are, without a doubt, among the most annoying insects, especially during the summer months.

Plastic bottle

We explained to you how to try to keep them away without resorting to chemical insecticides and how to treat their bites with natural remedies. Today we want to show you how to build at home, in a simple and quick way, an effective mosquito trap.

Necessary

  • A 2-liter plastic bottle
  • 50 grams of sugar
  • 200 ml of hot water
  • 1 g of yeast

Method

  • Pour Add the sugar to the hot water and stir until it dissolves. Let it cool.
  • Cut Close the bottle halfway and, once cooled, pour the mixture into the lower half. Add the yeast, without stirring. The mixture will produce carbon dioxide.
  • Insert the upper part of the plastic bottle at the bottom, placing it upside down.
  • Blocked the circumference of the bottle with adhesive tape: you will see that the mosquitoes will be attracted to the mixture.
  • The system performs an effective action mosquito for about two weeks: after this period replace the mixture.

Basin of water and oil

This video explains how to make a cheap and easy-to-use mosquito trap: all you need is a dark container, fill it with water, and add some oil.

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