FRUIT FLY LURE (2 LURE)

🪤🍈 How to Use Fruit Fly Lure
🔹 Used for crops like:
➜ Pumpkin 🎃
➜ Karela
➜ Cucumber 🥒
➜ Bottle gourd

➜Tori

➜ Kaddu
➜ Tinda
➜ Melon 🍈
➜ Other cucurbits
✔️ Controls male fruit flies
✔️ Reduces egg laying & damage
✔️ Very useful in organic farming 🌿

🧰 What You Need
➜ Fruit fly lure bottle / capsule
➜ Trap container / ready trap
➜ Water bottle (if homemade)
➜ Wire / rope for hanging

Common lure type: ➜ Senior Seeds Fly Lure (for many fruit flies)
➜ Cue lure (some species)

🪤 How to Install (Easy Steps)
1️⃣ Prepare Trap
✔️ Use ready-made trap
OR
✔️ Homemade trap:
➜ Take plastic bottle
➜ Make 3–4 side holes
➜ Put lure inside (not touching water)

2️⃣ Add Killing Liquid (Optional but Better)
Inside bottle add:
➜ Little water
➜ Few drops soap
OR
➜ Insecticide only if label allows
✔️ Flies enter and die

3️⃣ Hang Trap Correctly
➜ Height ➜ 1 to 1.5 meter above ground
➜ Near crop canopy 🌿
➜ In shady place, not direct harsh sun ☀️
📏 How Many Traps?
Home Garden:
➜ 1 trap for 100–200 sq meter
Field:
➜ 10–15 traps per acre
(heavy infestation use more)
🕒 Best Time to Install
➜ Before flowering / early fruiting stage
✔️ Don’t wait for damage to start.

🔁 Replacement Time
➜ Replace lure every 15–30 days (depends on brand)
➜ Check label instructions first
✔️ Clean trap regularly.
🌧️ During Rainy Season
✔️ Keep rainwater out
✔️ Use covered trap
✔️ Check weekly

❌ Common Mistakes
➜ Hanging too low
➜ Installing after infestation starts
➜ Too few traps
➜ Not replacing lure
➜ Direct sunlight exposure

🌿 Organic Fruit Fly Control Combo
Use together:
➜ Fruit fly lure traps 🪤
➜ Neem oil spray
➜ Remove infected fruits
➜ Field sanitation
➜ Harvest on time
✔️ Best results come in combination.

🍈 Signs It Is Working
✔️ Dead flies inside trap
✔️ Less fruit rotting
✔️ Fewer puncture marks on fruits
✔️ Better marketable yield 💰