DynaTrap DT2000XLPSR Large Mosquito & Flying Insect Trap – Kills Mosquitoes, Flies, Wasps, Gnats, & Other Flying Insects – Protects up to 1 Acre

Couple things.When ordering, keep in mind, that this covers 1 acre, but the unit itself will be in the center of that acre. So if your property is 1 acre and you set this up in a back corner, it will not cover all of your 1 acre.I strongly recommend the scent lures Dynatrap sells. Toss one of those in the basket and it definitely wont disappoint.If setting it up outside in your yard, YOU MUST PLUG IT INTO A GFCI OUTLET! Can't stress that enough. If something happens and water causes it to short out, the GFCI will trip and kill power to the unit. Absolutely a MUST for safety.Also, if using an extension cord outside for it, I also recommend using a waterproof cover for the cord connection. It is two halves that screw together with a gasket that covers the prongs on the inside. I took it a step further and wrapped some super 33 electrical tape around the entire cover as well to help keep water out.Now, for some context, our house is on a 1.5 acre lot that is all woods, our neighbors have 2 ponds, and the woods behind our property have huge puddles of standing water, so yeah, mosquitoes were a huge problem.I got one of these units about a month and a half ago when the avergae temperature in Michigan was still in the low 50's and remained that way up until two weeks ago. I put one of the recommended Dynatrap lures in the basket and within hours of setting it up, it started to accumulate pesky bugs like biting flies, some mosquitoes that were out early, etc. As the average temperature over the last week or two climbed into the 70's, this thing really started to fill up. After about 3 weeks in the mid 50's and a week in the 60's/70's, it was about half full.However, I could tell where the spots were on our property that this was not covering. I thought, "we have 1.5 acres and this covers an acre, how are there this many spots it isnt covering?" Then it dawned on me that this covers 1 acre, but it would be in the middle of that acre. So if you have it offset to one corner of your property, it wont cover only your property. Make sense?So I ordered 3 more and new lures and lights for all of them for when it comes time to change those, and put them on the 4 corners of our property and holy crap is it a world of difference.Also, been using the small Dynatrap sticky night light things in our house for years and they work awesome too.These DT2000XL's and the night light sticky traps for inside the house are fantastic products and woyld recommend them to anyone!

This is the best way to eliminate mosquitoes in your yard. This does not zap mosquitoes. It attracts mosquitoes and sucks them in to a vacuum that pulls them down into a basket. The mosquitoes then die over a few days, eliminating their ability to lay new eggs. Over a few weeks, you will completely end the larva cycle and egg laying-reproduction cycle of mosquitoes. This is how you eliminate mosquitoes in your yard. It's genius! No more paying for spraying services that last hours or days at best. Also, I don’t worry about harm to animals that potentially ingest mosquito sprays. You run these 24/7 from just after the last frost in the spring and run them up until first frost of the fall. They make no noise. The ultraviolet purple light is subtle and does not light up your yard and is not obnoxious to look at. You do have to empty the basket every few days or you can smell the dying bug carcasses as they begin to rot in the basket. But the way they are designed you merely have to unscrew the basket, empty them out, hose them off and reattach them. It only takes about two minutes. This is without a doubt the most effective anti-mosquito gadget I’ve ever had. These really work! Even my neighbors in the adjoining yard said that it has eradicated mosquitoes from their yard as well. An added bonus! They’re even a better deal when you get them on sale. I would not get anything smaller than the one acre size. I will say they don’t really cover as far as they claim. I own two 1 acre units and my yard is less than 1 acre. But two keep my yard mosquito free, and I live next to a pond one one side and next to a stream on the other side of my house. I do replace the bulbs every year as recommended since they run nonstop from spring until fall. I’ve also purchased some of the CO2 scented inserts as an additive but don’t find these are necessary. The Dynatraps alone do the job.

I live in an area with an enormous caddisfly population. Every summer, my neighbors and I cannot leave outside lights on, or a swarm of caddisflies will descend on them. They don't bite, but they're a major nuisance. This DynaTrap has absolutely devastated their population. When I first set it up this summer, I was having to empty the hopper on this every couple of days because it was filling up. It was an absolutely mind-boggling amount of dead bugs to deal with.A few things I wish I knew about this before I bought it, though.First, this thing is a lot bigger than it looked. It's got to be about 2' tall and maybe 18" wide.Second -- the science on these things generating CO2 to attract bugs is somewhat immature, to put it mildly. There is some question about whether it actually generates any CO2, and you'll notice that DynaTrap's website never really goes into depth about this. You'd think it wouldn't be too hard to find an independent lab to show measurable CO2 production, but they have not. For flying insects drawn to light, this works great. I haven't carefully studied the mounds of dead bugs, but I haven't noticed a decrease in the local mosquito population. Products like the Mosquito Magnet are so effective because mosquitos are drawn to heat and CO2. Some bugs, like my caddisflies, are simply drawn to light, and the light and moderate heat this produces works great for them. Efficacy against mosquitos seems unproven.I actually bought this specifically for mosquitos and was disappointed; I still get bit at night. But this has been extremely effective at taking out other bugs, so I'm happy enough with it.