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pinto

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4. Are the traps yellow? We used to use large, bright yellow sticky traps in a greenhouse.

Reply to mopinko (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2012, 02:26 PM

Dec 2012

Simple, flat ping pong paddle size pieces of plastic. (Say that one four times fast...) Used mainly to monitor an infestation, changed daily. Yet they did provide some control - loaded with white flies after 24 hours.

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