Sticky traps and rolls (or roller traps) can support biological and chemical control measures for many agricultural pests in protected cropping situations.

You can use them to assist control of whiteflies, Fungus Gnat/shore flies, and to alleviate the pressure of thrips and winged aphids in specific situations. Sticky traps are used as monitoring tools to detect and monitor pest populations. Installing sticky rolls along the length of your greenhouse crop rows will trap target pests en masse.

Sticky traps and rolls can also attract beneficial organisms, so be mindful of when and how to use them. These products never provide complete control when used in isolation and are best used as part of an Integrated Pest Management program.

The coloured surface is coated with a long-lasting glue. The colour attracts the target pests which are then immobilized on the sticky surface.

Pests sticky traps and rolls can help you control

Sticky traps and rolls come in different colours as each attracts different pests.

• Black: leaf miners (winged adults)
• Blue: thrips
• Green: mirids, foliar thrips
• Red: leafhoppers, gall midges, fruit flies
• White: mirids, houseflies
• Yellow: aphids (winged adults), exotic leaf miners (winged adults), fungus gnats, mirids, shore flies, thrips, and whiteflies

How sticky traps and rolls control pests among crops

Place traps/rolls at likely entry points such as doors, underneath vents, walkways, and corners. If you expect high pest activity, install sticky rolls along the entire length of every row just before planting. Sticky traps work best before the first pests arrive.

When using sticky traps for monitoring, place the traps at regular intervals and choose a trap density and colour suitable for the crop and target pest.

Sticky traps and rolls eventually get saturated with the captured pests or dust so inspect it regularly and replace it when required.

How you can order sticky traps and rolls

You can order sticky traps and rolls from Biological Services in a variety of colours, widths and lengths.

• Stick traps – packs of 10 or 20, or in boxes.
• Sticky rolls – various widths (10cm, 15cm or 30cm ) in 100m or 125m lengths, sold as individual rolls, packs of 2 or 3 rolls, box, or pallet.