Westland Growing Success Plum Maggot Monitoring Trap

• Westland Growing Success Plum Maggot Monitoring Trap
• Pesticide free and suitable for organic gardening
• Does not attract beneficial insects
• Refill pack also available

The Growing Success Plum Maggot Monitoring Trap allows gardeners to assess the infestation problem and treat with a suitable insecticide if necessary.

The main cause of maggot damage in plums, damsons and greengages is due to caterpillars produced by the plum fruit moth. In winter female moths lay eggs in trees. The eggs hatch out into caterpillars which feed on fruit in early summer.

Male moths fly and mate on warm nights from mid-May to the end of July. Place the trap in the garden in mid-May.

The trap is a Pheromone-based trap to collect moths and prevent damage to plum, damson as well as greengage trees.

The trap will monitor moths for three average size trees up to 12 metres apart, If more than 12 moths are trapped per week, treat with a suitable insecticide