Once again this year my citrus trees are infested with leaf miners despite my attempts to squash their outbreaks with Spinosad and systemic pesticides on non-bearing trees. I was reading through my latest issue of California Gardener and saw that they have pheromone traps produced by ISCA Technologies.

Here's a link to their data sheet:
http://www.iscatech.com/exec/DocLib/ISCA_Product_Brochure_-_CLM.pdf
Phillip

Phillip,

John Panzarella uses these traps at his house in Lake Jackson. Here is a link to his website where he discusses the traps.

http://johnpanza.googlepages.com/citrusleafminer

Matt

I sent the company an email earlier this year and never heard back from them. Where can you get the traps and how much do they cost?

I have a mesquito hotel hanging on my back porch. there are many leaf miner moths in the trap that have got in and died. the meqsuito was obtain from satellite dealer supply in Beaumont TX for $69.00.

I happened to make it to Armstrong Nursery tonight at they had the pheromone trap. It was a bit pricey but they always tend to be on the high side. It was $29, but I had a gift card left over from last Christmas so I went ahead and decided to try it. I don't have much time left in their active season, but we'll see how things go.

Phillip

http://www.bioecotech.com/product-mozztech2.html

http://www.mosquito-control.eu/mosquito-trap.html

http://www.alibaba.com/catalog/11003279/Mosquito_Trap_Black_Hole_.html

http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20060602/hi-tech-versus-third-world-gadget-solutions/

Try satdlr@sbcglobal.net

After reading that the traps do not control ACM, it only tells you when to spray-- I don't think I need one. I know when to spray-- anytime there is new growth after the first new growth of the year.

My biggest problem is with rain that can be almost every day in parts of the summer--it washes off the oil or spinosad. The second biggest problem is our heat-- sometimes during the summer we do not go below 85 even at night--but I can still use spinosad then.

I've been using a bug zapper to catch the moths for the tomato pinworm, and it seems to be working. I also have a dwarf lime tree (in container) about 15 feet away, infected with leaf miners, but I can't tell if the zapper is attracting the leaf miner moths. I've seen some very small ones flitting around the lime tree, would those be the leaf miner ones. They may be too small to notice in the bug zapper, but I don't have the impression they are attracted over to it.

I've also placed the bug zapper next to the lime tree, but still not seeing any small moths trying to get in. Has anyone else tried this and had good results?

John

The CLM moth is about the size of white flies--only 1-2 mm (less that 1/8th inch).

Phillip, I am going to try that low tech mosquito trap-- I will let you know how well it works -- it could be a good source of fertilizer!