Products  - RINCOTRAP® trap to catch olive weevils (Otiorhynchus) and Forficula

RINCOTRAP® Patented

Technical informations :

Trap for massive capture of Oziorrinco, olive weevils, Forficula, Buprestidi and other non winged bugs. This insects's trap is under Patent. If used making two turns around the plant's trunk, these massive traps for insects can be usefull for two years.

Characteristics :

Rincotrap is a trap used against apterous insects, such as: Curculio, Buprestidi, Processionaria larvas and other insects, which climb or climb down on the plants's trunks or branch. This insect's trap is about a band of synthetic material which has to be applied on the plant's trunk or branch and which traps insects definitively causing their death.

Instructions for use :

Extract the band from the envelope through the practical dispenser and open it by half along the line of the thickness. You will obtain in this way two bands of equal dimensions, whose thickness is equal to the half of the initial band, each one with the external side more compact and the internal side more woolly. Apply the band on the plant's trunck or branches inserting the internal and woolly side of the band towards outside; therefore link it in the middle with a flexible pvc string (small tube, etc.). Remove the band's borders from the trunk in order to create a double funnel linked to the middle by the string. Check that the string is adherent to the trunk, in order to hinder to the insect every way to exceed the band. Don't wet the band with phytotoxic products, such as the insecticides. if you use correctly these traps can become excellent massive traps for insects.

Formulation :

Band in synthetic material. it means this is a mechanical trap, an more a usefull massive trap for insects that eachone can use in organic agricolture.

Application's field :

Rincotrap is a massive trap may be used on all arboreal and shrub plants. These meccanichal insect's traps are usable in organic agricolture.

Phytotoxicity:

These traps aren't phytotoxic for animal or plant or environment.

Packages :

Rincotrap is packaged in a box and in a cardboard with a practical dispenser or in a vacuum-bag and it may be delivered in 2 formats: Rincotrap 1: this trap is a band's lenght: 70-80 meters (35-40 meters x 2); height 13 cm used in case of reduced infestations; Rincotrap 2: this trap is a band's lenght: 70-80 meters (35-40 meters x 2); height 18cm used in case of severe infestations.

Experimental tests :

Some experimental tests have been carried out for three consecutive years according to five experimental fields on the following cultures: olive-trees, cherry-trees and grapevines. During the tests these massive traps for insects showed that can reduce damage of 85% - 100%.

Materials and methods :

We have used bands, whose height vary from 13 to 18 cm. We have arranged two tests for both kind of bands: in the first case, the band is put with one turn around the trunk, in the second case the band is put with two turns around the trunk. These insects's traps showed maximum of efficency when used in two turns around the trunk.

Results :

Our tests have showed a join's reduction with the following results: -Traps named Rincotrap 1, band of 13 cm, with only one turn around the trunk: 35%. Traps named Rincotrap 1, band of 13 cm. with two turns around the trunk: 66%. Traps named Rincotrap 2 band of 18 cm. with one turn around the trunk: 75%. Traps named Rincotrap 2 band of 18 cm. with two turns around the trunk: 96%.

Conclusions :

The experimental tests have showed a major join's reduction of the band, whose height is 18 cm, making two turns around the plant's trunk. Therefore, compared to the economic expenses, the damage caused by the insect is notably under the threshold. However, making two turns with a band of 13 em. and making only one turn with a band of 18 em, it is possible to limit the insects' attack (therefore this method is valid in case of reduced infestations).