The same thing, held together by string (to hang it up) thru 2 small holes and then filled with sugar water/Coke and something smelly like pet mince or oyster shells poking up from the liquid - works a treat for European wasps - dozens an hour Sent from my iPhone > On 29 Apr 2015, at 11:37 am, Judy Glattstein <jgglatt@gmail.com> wrote: > > Need clean 2-liter plastic soda bottle, scissors, stapler. > > Cut top off just above cylindrical portion of soda bottle. > > Invert top and insert into cylinder (should look like a funnel) and staple together. > > Drop slug pellets into device and lay on its side in some shady, popular-with-slugs area. Nestle into mulch a bit so it won't blow around. > > Attracted by bait the slugs climb in. Not being intellectually gifted, they cannot figure out how to get out. > > When it is very yucky, discard in trash and make a new one. > > Ancillary advantages - safe around birds, pets, small children. And you avoid getting slug-slimed hands as can happen with beer traps. > > Judy in New Jersey > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/