Trap for zeuzera pirina and cossus

The massive capture of male insects, and with it to diminish the damages produced in the tree.

This trap is specially designed for catches of large insects (Zeuzera pyrina and Cossus cossus).

The yellow drill or wood borer (Zeuzera pyrina) is a species of Lepidhopteraditrisio of the family Cossidae whose butterfly can reach 70 mm. Polyphagous species that attacks fruit and forest trees. The attack pierces the wood. In young trees it can affect its development and in adults it can cause the branches to break.

The means of struggle are to keep the plantation protected, during the period of eggs hatching, with chemical products.