Plastic Bucket Trap Protocol
4/23/18: Mesh screens for plastic bucket traps are now available for purchase through IPHIS survey supply. Product name: Plastic Bucket Traps, Mesh Screen.
October 15, 2014: The Plastic Bucket Trap Protocol (Brambila et al., 2014) has been revised. Please use the 2014 version, which is available in the References section below.
The Plastic Bucket Trap is also known as the unitrap. The trap has a green canopy, yellow funnel, and white bucket and is used with a dry kill strip. See Brambila et al. (2014) for for instructions on using the plastic bucket trap.
The Texas (Hartstack) trap is not available commercially. See Hartstack et al. (1979) or Johnson and McNeil (no date) for images and trap design.