Instructions for a Homemade Mosquito Trap

(Creates carbon dioxide which attracts mosquitos.)

  1. Take a 2-liter soda bottle, and cut the bottle horizontally about 2/3 up from the bottom. Insert the top half, upside down, into the bottom half. Duct tape together and cover bottom with old dark sock
  2. Mix together:
    • 1 cup of warm water
    • Cup of brown sugar
  3. When cool pour the mixture into the base of bottle.
  4. Add a teaspoon of baker's yeast.
  5. Place around yard away from where you sit. Change out the mixture approximately every 2 weeks.