Dynatrap DT1050-DEC Outdoor Insect Trap (DT1050-DEC2), 1/2 Acre, Stone

I did sort of a ridiculous amount of research before buying this thing, and I’m very happy with it.But, my research not only led me to select a mosquito trap, but also to modify my thinking in what to expect from a mosquito trap. There are also some drawbacks, and claims made in this ad that I wouldn’t support. Still, it is pretty terrific, and a solid purchase.1) It says indoor/outdoor. I wouldn’t agree with that. This would be complete overkill for indoor and probably not that effective. It is not silent. It has a fan that’s always going. This creates a low-key fan noise. It’s not loud, but I wouldn’t want to listen to it all the time. Also, while it attracts mosquitoes, it does not attract mosquitos better than you do. That leads me to my next point.2) This is not a human protection device. This is a mosquito population reduction device. You can’t think of it as an instant fix. It’s not like “I’m throwing a party, let me get the trap out”. That would probably attract more mosquitos to the party. If you stand next to the trap, the mosquitos will attack you rather than going in the trap. But, while humans are not around, the trap will eliminate dozens of them a night.So, this is in no way a quick fix for mosquitoes. It is, however, a very effective part of a solution.Mosquitoes, as evil as they are, have a weakness: they are not strong fliers. They are optimized for stealth, and don’t travel very far or very quickly.If you think of a mosquito population as a bucket filled with water, this puts a leak in the bucket. Day by day, little by little, there will be less and less water in the bucket.My trap has been up for only a few days, and it’s killed around 50 mosquitos. When I go outside, there are still mosquitos, but 50 less than there would have been.Over time, I imagine that there will be fewer and fewer. Probably never “none” but a whole lot less than there would have been.I’ll report again in a few months to see if this has occurred as expected, but it has certainly killed a large number of mosquitos.3) Also, it kills moths. Probably 1 moth for every 3 mosquitos. The packaging tries to get around this by saying moths are bad, but I like moths. I’m willing to kill them to protect my kids from mosquitos, but I do feel bad for them. I think it’s acceptable collateral damage, but I would be happy to kill a few less mosquitoes to save some moth lives. Maybe they could design a new model with a finer grating to protect larger insects.Also, I live in Northern California. In my research I discovered that there are dozens of species of mosquitos, so I can’t confirm that the trap will be effective in all ecosystems, but it seems to work well for the ones we have locally.Updated with a photo. About 10 days of trap. I couldn’t be bothered to count them, but probably around 200, and far more mosquitos than any other type of insect.Update #2.This is the second year with the trap(s), and I had to do an update because the results are so dramatic. I left it on until the rainy season started, and turned them back on when the rainy season was ending. I bought new bulbs which it recommended after 4 months, but I’d gone 12, and finally emptied the traps which I’d been neglecting. Hol-e-mol-e. There were thousands of mosquitos in there. I should have added another picture, but I doubted the slightly moldy black mass would photograph well. It was like the biomass of a large rat. THOUSANDS. I didn’t expect it since most of the time it was running was not peak mosquito season, and I was shocked. But, more importantly, mosquito season hasn’t happened this year. Usually, in April, they’re out in force... but there have been basically none. I see one once in a while, but it’s like seeing a butterfly or something. None of this 4 attacking at once stuff I’d become accustomed to. Not seeing any outside, I though, maybe it’s a drought year and there aren’t too many, but when I look into the trap, it seems to be catching 10-20 a night.So it’s really working. Our mosquito problem is basically solved. We have two traps on 3/4 of an acre, and mosquitos are simply not a problem so far this year, where every other year they’re starting to get pretty bad by this part of the season. We just had an outdoor-only get together with half a dozen kids, and I literally didn’t see a mosquito for the duration of the party, where in previous years I’d routinely be dousing the kids in repellent and have been constantly preoccupied swatting and clapping them. It’s just a shocking transformation. For some reason I guess I assumed that the mosquito populations would sort of reset every season , but it seems the effects of the trap are at least partially cumulative from year to year. I’ll update again if the mosquitos rebound in May or June, but for now, pretty much the only mosquitos I see are the ones riding in the trap.

Review for Dynatrap 3 (Model DT1050-DEC2). I purchased this on my own with no benefit or prompting from any seller/manufacturer- This thing really does work as advertised- It started catching within an hour for me. The picture of the catch basket contents is after 6 days and I think some of the small dehydrated & shrunken biters fell out of the little slots at the bottom, so the pic may not be a full representation of what it caught. I did not have a large infestation but would usually get mosquitoes trying to bite me when I was in one section of my lot. After 3 days of it being on, I already noticed a huge reduction in the number of mosquitoes trying to bite me at sunset time while I worked in the normal biting area for a few hours. In case there's any speculation as to what regions the traps works well in, I'm in Honolulu, Hawaii and the mosquitoes & moths here seem to love the Dynatrap. It's a bit spendy in the scheme of insect trapping, but I haven't seen anything else that works nearly as well. Bonus- it's pretty quiet...there's a small computer fan that you'll hear running but otherwise quiet. Nowhere near as obnoxious as a traditional zapper. If you're getting frustrated being bitten, go ahead and try it if you can spare the cash. Beware that you will have to change the light bulb (~$10-14) every 125 days for the trap to remain effective.

I don’t normally write product reviews, but this trap performed very well initially. It’s super easy to use and caught well over 1,000 insects in the first night - mostly midges with some mosquitoes mixed in. Not sure how it will hold up, but the initial results are promising. The fan did get hung up because there were so many dead bugs, so cleaning it might become an issue.

I live in Orange County, CA. Not exactly a mosquito hot spot, but we do have them, and I'm allergic. I see a few mosquitoes every year on the back patio, and they usually get me here and there if I wear shorts, or am out at dusk. First night, I hung it at about 6pm, and checked it at 9pm and there were 2 mosquitoes already. It's been 2 days now, and the count is now up to 5. A few other bugs so far as well... a couple of moths and ~6 fruit flies (sorry guys).Anyhow, the trap works. It looks nice. Good construction, and while you can hear the fan, it is by no means loud enough to really even notice unless you focus on listening for it. Good stuff. Now let's see how long it lasts...

This machine might suck up a few unlucky bugs, but even with extra bait it doesn't come close to advertised. I bought one of the larger ones and it can't even keep my patio mosquito free, much less the yard. This is nothing more than a sad overpriced gimmick item. Save your money and run away from this page and product.

We bought a new house last summer on a 1 acre wooded lot. After getting eaten alive in my garage several times, I bought this on a recommendation from a friend. It definitely collects bugs, but we still had a lot of mosquitoes after it had been up for a few weeks. There are a few qualifiers to this: This is designed for a half acre and I have twice that with woods and more woods surrounding, and the mosquitoes in Michigan in late summer 2018 were the worst they'd been in years. I am going to set it up again in the spring and if it seems to be working, get a full acre model for the backyard.

I set this up in our screened in patio, as mosquitos get in every time we open the door to the backyard, and they were getting bad in the afternoon around dusk. Within 15 minutes of having this plugged in and hanging from the cleaning of the patio, there was not a single mosquito in the area. I like how super quiet it is, and the white version blends in very well to the esthetics of our patio. I am very glad I bought this.

This trap works well but it kills every kind of insect including our wonderful bees, ladybugs, moths and cranes which eat mosquitoes. I don’t like that it kills all insects especially the bees 😭