The Deal: $5 wasp catcher at PriscillaWoolworth.com
One of the greatest things about living in Southern California is the ability to eat alfresco year-round. The downside? Bugs. Pesky bugs. Stinging bugs. Wasps.
That's why I'm thrilled about the beautifully rustic and inexpensive hanging glass wasp catchers from the L.A.-based eco-friendly online general store PriscillaWoolworth.com.
Just fill the vessel with a little sugar water, and it will lure those pests away from your Prosecco. Wasps enter through a hole in the bottom, start drinking and get trapped. A 5-inch-tall wasp catcher, pictured here, is $5; an 8-inch-tall version is $10. Just for reference, a can of Raid wasp and hornet killer retails for about $7, and that ain't adding any ambiance to a dinner party.
-- Lizzie GarrettPhoto: PriscillaWoolworth.com
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Pretty, but wasps are very beneficial for the garden.
Posted by: j zavala | 09/14/2009 at 02:21 PM
OMG! I can't believe you are trying to trap wasps, that are beneficial to plants and the environment. What happened to the "greening of America"? Wasps remove those annoying nats from the backyard, they feast on "scale" that likes to bother citrus plants (are there no more orange trees in So. Cal?) and contribute to a very balanced ecological environment.
If you are however, trying to trap sweatbees, or ground yellow jackets that burrow in the ground and have two entrances to their lair, you might be doing the citizens of So. Cal a good deed. Their sting is vicious and can be lethal because they carry bacteria from within the soil on their bodies. Tetnus anyone?
Posted by: former SoCal | 09/16/2009 at 06:45 PM