H and T Alternative Controls has developed two traps for removing active lady beetles from buildings; the H&T 120 and the H&T 360. H&T beetle traps are supplied with talcum powder which must be literally used to coat the surface of the metal baffle in back of the blacklight lamp, the suspended metal shield located beneath the lamp, and the interior walls and bottoms of the plastic collecting containers. This prevents attracted beetles from clinging to the trap surfaces and they then fall into the upper collecting container and eventually become trapped in the lower container. Once they enter the trap, they cannot escape if talcum powder is used.
