RESCUE! WHY Trap for Wasps, Hornets, & Yellowjackets – Hanging Outdoor Trap - 2 Traps

We added meat to these when the solution was gone and they worked, but whatever is packaged with the traps, attracts hornets and other flying things that sting super fast and in abundance.

Waste of money for something you can’t return for your money back. I purchased this, along with many other wasp traps types, including other ‘Rescue’ company items and these are the most disappointing. My mother is deathly allergic to wasps, at her age and after last years hospital visit for a sting she was told 1 more and it’s over. So I’m not playing. I purchased $200 worth of traps this year and surrounded her yard, they have the whole world to fly too but are drawn to her lawn.These are the most expensive traps. These claim to attract all these types of wasps- but after having two of them up for over 2 weeks not a single wasp in either! They fly right past! Seriously, I have 1 hung above a yellow jacket hole and they don’t even bother with it. These got 3 different types of stinky attraction liquid you have to use in it, which is not pleasant, and still they fly past. This is advertised as like the Cadillac of wasp traps but it’s horrible. If I only got 1 trap then maybe it had 3 attractants that were defective, but 2 traps both with 3 attractants and nothing? All my other traps have wasps, including the ones I least expected- ‘Rescue’ glue style. I’m including pictures. They were both filled same way and time, and are in places with same amount of sun/shade mix- however 1 has been decreasing in fluid somehow. I’m assuming a crack or leak in plastic, as I prefaced they are both in shade ruling out evaporation.I also bought the expensive additional wasp attraction bait from ‘Rescue’, wasps are not lured to this and it’s trash. I make my own traps with an empty water/soda bottle, small stick, apple juice and boric acid- mine are better than any multi million dollar company all day long. My method also kills the nest when they take boric juice mix back to the hive. I didn’t want just my traps in the yard, even though they are superior and money saving, if she’s stung my family may blame me for not getting ‘store brand’ stuff they think is ‘real’ so I went all out this year and will every year from now on for mom. I’m so concerned I’m not doing everything I can to protect my mom so I bought all these store brand traps too, and honestly they are just eye sores in her yard.Yellow jacks, and white face all around her house and Rescue claimed to target them specifically with these stinky scientific lures, which is why I got them… nope. Those species are too smart for the glue traps, they only catch the generic less aggressive wasps, not the big dogs.Again the Rescue glue traps, see my pic, has actually got a couple wasps but not these Why traps. More like Why did I buy this junk. If someone from the company is reading this- I’d like my money back. Not returning to Amazon what are essentially empty plastic bottles covered in stinky ‘wasp pheromones’ or whatever this junk is…

These are a little tricky to get set up the first time and bait - just have to read the instructions. Once we hung them up it took a little while to catch anything so at first we were disappointed. But, after about a week or so the traps started to fill up with the pesky little wasps that were making our deck unbearable to sit on. Emptying the traps is a breeze and refilling / baiting the 2nd time around is much easier than the instructions - just make a simple syrup and pour it in the little tube and you are all set to go again. Love that they are reusable season after season. We've even left them out accidentally a few nights with the fall temps dipping down and the water froze a little bit, I was afraid it would crack the traps but so far so good.

This model splits into top/bottom chambers.The bottom trap can be very effective. Albeit, I added a small piece of raw salmon (in light Saran Wrap to retain moisture). Tried just attractant a few years ago w unimpressive results. Can’t say if this time was the same attractant or salmon, but with that fish addition each trap prob caught 60-100 wasps within 36hrs. Basically cleared our yard overnight. So ultimately, it worked.The TOP is entirely useless and catches exactly zero yellowjackets/ wasps. More details below:The top fills w water and a little dishsoap with attractant. Then you attach a little tube of bonus attractant. This becomes rather awkward- the loop to hang it from slides up to create opening for bug entry… but if you let it slide back in during hanging/ transportation, the water fill line will rise over and consume the bonus tube. Easy to do if you’re not careful. Water also evaporated in 48 hrs in our hot climate. And without soapy water to coat their wings and drown them, they can freely leave again, regardless of bait. Not a great design.Ultimately, what I did worked which is what counts. I’ll just use a chunk of wrapped meat as my “refill” and not sorry about buying more attractant.

These traps work and we collected many yellowjackets. However, like many of the reviews, they collect a lot of bees at first and then slow down or stop after about 4-5 days. We had to then refill the top with some vinegar water and put some raw chicken on the bottom to keep attracting them. I think to get the best use, rather than the every 2 weeks they say to refill, you need to tend to them about the 6th day and refill. I do recommend these, but just be aware they do not work consistently for the 2 weeks. Need refilling before that.

I can't say for sure that this product doesn't work, but it didn't work for me. I saw some yellow jackets buzzing around my garden this spring beginning to build nests. Last year they built a ground nest under my raised garden bed, and one inside the house eaves. They were everywhere. I wanted to be sure that didn't happen again this year. I hung these two traps in opposite corners of my yard about 5 feet high. I followed the directions exactly. For the next 2 weeks I didn't see a single yellow jacket or hornet. Maybe these traps drove them away? They didn't attract them, that's for sure. The traps stayed empty until all the solution evaporated. I have seen the yellow jackets and wasps increasing in numbers again. I know I should try ordering some more attractant, but I'm not sure I want to waste my money. I gave 3 stars because I just don't know if they really work or not.