Pro Pest Pantry Moth & Beetle Traps 2 Pre-Baited Traps

Really great product that worked to solve my problem. Had some issues with some Cigarette Beetles that found their way into my pantry. They were starting to overrun the place. I tried spraying and putting a bug barrier, finally was thinking about calling an exterminator. Beetle specific traps are not that common, so I tried these as my last resort before calling the professionals. I'm really happy I gave these a shot. After placing 2 around my kitchen and just outside it, they caught probably 60 beetles in about 2 weeks. I thought I had gotten rid of them with my spraying and the extreme cleaning of my pantry but they were still hiding deep in the cabinet cracks and wood. The best part is that these are glue traps using pheromones to attract the critters, no toxic chemicals or poison here. Just place them in and around the high traffic areas for the bugs and wait. 2 traps were plenty enough for my smallish apartment. I'd say the traps are potent for about a month and half and then you have to replace them. Do replace them with new traps to ensure that all the critters have been removed, the eggs hatch at different times so you need probably about 4 months of traps to ensure total removal. I'm about half way through the second batch of traps and my beetle problem is essentially completely solved. I'll probably buy a third batch of traps to ensure total removal, but I am very satisfied with the results. 6 total traps is a small price to pay to be rid of those beetles!

I recently purchased some flour from King Arthur online and my husband casually mentioned this past weekend that he had killed a small beetle on the shelf days before. ARGH! Oh the horror! You never saw anyone strip out their pantry faster! He often complains I don’t listen to him but I heard that! Lol I found the culprits in that one bag and some tiny pin prick holes in the bag where they had eaten their way out. I googled them and they were cigarette beetles. Well five mins later and I had hit up amazon for a heap of clip lock storage containers and purchased these baits. I took all of my flours, nuts, dried fruit and grains out of my panty and inspected each bag carefully and once each bag got the all clear I transferred the contents to the storage containers, got the bags outside ASAP and hit my shelves with peroxide - while I was waiting for the traps to come I had to do something! I have no idea if the peroxide did anything but it made me feel better! The beetles seemed to be restricted to that one bag except for a tell tale beetle husk I found elsewhere. Set these traps the next day thinking I got all the little suckers already and within a hour had trapped a couple of beetles. Horrified at the amount of pantry items I might have lost, I quickly purchased another pack and set up beetle trap land mines at both ends of that shelf and on the floor. A couple days later we have captured ten enemies and two of them are a different slightly larger type - I’m thinking they sent in the big guns when the little guys didn’t return. I now have the whole area staked out and under constant surveillance. I even saw a tiny moth fly into the pantry looking for the lure, so he met a quick demise. These things are amazing! No pesticides no residue, clean and safe and extremely desirable to bugs. I’m thinking from now on I will just leave these little tents set up at base camp permanently and replace regularly just in case any of the enemies mount another attack! God forbid, but we will be lying in wait next time! These traps are wonderful! Highly recommended! PS. These traps just caught a scorpion in our closet under our stairs! We are in Arizona and anything that disposes of scorpions in our house gets a big thumbs up from me!!! Not sure if it was attracted to the scent or to the couple of tiny bugs already in there but WIN WIN! I love these things!!! PSS. I now have these things in my garage, under the stairs, under furniture, tucked way in the back where they can’t be seen. I’m obsessed. I have caught pill bugs (kinda cute and harmless but I don’t want them inside) and cockroaches in the garage. Pantry moths and pantry beetles and scorpions and crickets, and even a spider in the house! I switch them out every couple of months and I will always use them from now on as they are harmless to my dog babies and give me extra security that nothing is lurking or breeding silently in the dark corners of my house. Please do not be tempted to use them outside! They will trap little lizards and other beneficial critters and could get stuck to a small bird attracted to all the stuck bugs. For inside the house though these things are a godsend!

I followed all of the instructions but didn't catch a single drugstore beetle even though I have plenty flying around my apartment. I was hoping to use the traps to figure out which kitchen cabinet the infestation was coming from. Not a single one caught. I then put a trap out on the counter to see if the trap works; not a single bug caught despite the fact that I'm squishing them daily in the kitchen. Maybe I got some traps that had expired??

It captured 11 of these cigarette beatles so it did work. But maybe a week later I was seeing live bugs elsewhere so it’s allure may wain faster than I was expecting. Kit came with 2 traps and I was advised to not use both at the same time in the same room. Something about confusing the bugs with conflicting scents in the air. but I should have used the second one right after the first one started to loose potency. I would buy it again but I don’t think they last as long as the packaging says they do.