What kind of bait do you use in a wasp catcher?

Answer by  treeta (14)

Use juice or sugar water. Wasps are attracted to sweet smells. Be sure to watch your catcher. You don't want to catch any honeybees with it because they are useful to the environment. You might also end up catching flies with your wasp catcher. They also like sweet smelling liquids.

Answer by  raun08 (1839)

Most of the catchers I've used instruct to use anything sweet smelling or sugary. I have used honey, soda pop, jam or jelly. You have to be careful though as theses baits might catch honey bees too!

Answer by  Francesco (169)

The best bait is to put some kind of nectar in the trap. Nectar is a sweet sugary type of liquid (water based). You will attract other insects though.

Answer by  BrendaG (6111)

Sugar and water is the basic one. You may add lemon, vinegar, soda pop, grapes.. almost anything sugary. One teaspoon of laundry detergent and one teaspoon of sugar added to water works either way-the wasp gets caught in the trap or if it escapes, it will die from the detergent.