![]() Clean off the tanglefoot-coated insects and apply more tanglefoot, as needed. Remove any leaves or fruit touching the traps.Hang traps in the trees by the end of June, to catch the apple maggot flies as they first attempt to lay eggs.If there are apple or hawthorn trees in wooded or landscaped areas nearby, you may want to hang traps in these trees as well, to further reduce apple maggot pressure. A second trap should hang on the south side of the tree.Place at least one trap on the side of the tree that faces any wooded or brushy area.One or two spheres for small trees and five or more traps for larger trees. ![]() Hang one trap per 100 fruit (after thinning) in each tree.Hang scent lures (that smell like the apple fruit) with your traps to make them more attractive to flies.Hang up fresh apples by skewering the apple with a coat hanger and bending the excess wire into a hook.Astounded by the results, the researchers replicated the experiment in fruit flies another common model organism and the SSRIs demonstrated the same effect. ![]()
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