Flowtron Octenol Mosquito Attractant Cartridge, 1660mg, Outdoor Bug Zappers

Easy to install and works well with my Flowtron bug zapper. I like that each cartridge lasts for quite a while, so there’s not much maintenance involved. Anything that helps attract more mosquitoes and biting flies away from where we’re sitting outside is a plus. I’ll keep these on hand during mosquito season.

The Flowtron MA-1000 Octenol Mosquito Attractant Cartridge works extremely well at my home. I am in the woods of GA with farms around that have horses, cattle, goats, etc. so we have plenty of bugs around. My Flowtron BK-80-D that works up to 1.5 acres worked well with no attractant for the last year. When I put in the attractant, the bug pile under the zapper is 3-4 time larger every day so I am impressed. The picture is from the Flowtron site.

There was a time one Summer ago, my backyard was infested with so many Mosquitos. They were swarming around due to the damp spots on some places where it loves to live and hide. It made it really difficult for me to enjoy the outdoors because of this. I always get bitten by many of them. I started buying one of the Flowtron Mosquito lamps for outdoors and place in under my awning and turn it on during the night time. I hear zaps constantly, letting me know that this is working, and it sure did. However, there was a point in time, where it had had less zaps than before, and I knew I had to buy replacement cartridges. It is where the Flowtron MA-1000 Octenol Mosquito Attractant Cartridges had made it possible to replenish the attraction of the mosquito to the lamp and before you know it, zap them. These cartridges saved me from getting bitten many times. There are times that I do inevitably still get bitten by them, but nowhere near as much as I had when the Flowtron wasn't around. These are direct replacements of the Mosquito lamp and they work a good amount of time. Lifespan of it varies depending on environment and the placement of the lamp. To hear the satisfying zap one by one just makes me feel at ease that these mosquitos will not stand a chance. Cleaning the Flowtron, is another story. Just because you zap them, their "leftovers" are plastered and stuck onto the lamp, and you have to occasionally you have to clean them or else the attractant will not reach far enough to attract the mosquitoes and the zap wouldn't be efficient.

Works as advertised

It’s always so upsetting to me how every summer since I purchased my zappers , (which one is supposed to cover over an acre and I have two in my court yard ) I spend so much money on the cartridges and I still get eaten alive . Sometimes they attract more bugs that deterring the problem such as Beatles . I find the cartridges on the ground ruined unless I use my own adhesive tape , and they just should be so much better for the hassle and the price . I feel terrible when the geckos get murdered violently by these contraptions, I wish it was the mosquitos . Living in Florida it’s such a terrible problem ,but different times of night and weather have made me think they work sometimes , but seeing the pattern it’s just that ... based on rain and different temperatures rather then the product .I am going to do a major clean on the zappers use brand new cartridges one more time and if anything changes , you will be the first ones to know , but unfortunately this won’t be the first time so I’m not expecting a miracle, although what I wouldn’t do for one . Mosquitos are the worst !

I was skeptical this would work to attract mosquitoes to the Flowtron bug zapper. After all, mosquitoes are primarily attracted to heat, CO2, and moisture - in other words bodies and their breathing. They care not one whit about lights, so I wasn't sure the Flowtron Octenol would do anything to pull mosquitoes in. But the Octenol does work. It has to - there is nothing else about the Flowtron that would be of any interest to a mosquito. Yet, once a week when I use a small twig to clean off the electrified rails of bug parts, there is no shortage of clearly identifiable mosquitoes fried & stuck to the rails. The makers of Octenol claim that it mimics other scents in human breath that mosquitoes like; the proof of the pudding is stuck in my trap every week, so they made an empirical believer out of me. Alas it only attracts the night-flying black mosquitoes where we live. I'm grateful for that, which is why I gave it 5 stars. And as final proof we can go out in our yard and on our deck and not be bothered by mosquitoes at night. The daytime is another story however. We also have the day-flying Tiger mosquitoes around here, and clearly the Octenol is doing nothing for them as they bother us during the day. But the Octenol doesn't claim to attract Tiger mosquitoes which is why I'm not taking off any stars. Lurex is advertized to work on the Tiger mosquitoes; alas Flowtron doesn't sell the Lurex bait in a form factor compatible with their trap. Nevertheless, I'll take mosquito-free evenings, and be grateful for that. FYI I change out the Octenol cartridges once a month; that seems to work fine. They have a double-sided piece of sticky tape in each individually wrapped package, which you can use to mount the bait underneath the Flowtron trap.

Works with the UV bulb.

There is a nice little spot on the bottom of the Flowtron zapper for this cartridge. So I followed in the instructions and put it where it belongs and put the zapper on the pole. A few minutes later I noticed the cartridge laying on the ground. So I had to try and re-stick it, but when you do this, the wrapper is already off so you make your hands smell like mosquito attractant, which isn't a good thing. If your zapper is high in the sky like mine, it's a pain to get the zapper down and re-stick the cartridge only for it to fall off again a bit later. For some reason after about the 3rd re-stick it held. 3rd time is a charm I guess. I think the next time I put one in I might improvise something with zip tie, or some tape to keep it in there. Did it work? Well I suppose. I like to have people over on Friday evenings for some grilled food and fire pits. So I spray the Cutter Back Yard spray a few times during the summer season, use Citronella Tiki candles, and some people use personal spray just for an extra level of protection. The Zapper is just another level of defense. So I have no idea if this was working or not,because of my other extensive counter measures. I will say that there were several mosquito kills and I personally without using personal spray took only 2 or 3 bites, but after an entire evening outside, that's not bad. One day I didn't bother to replace the cartridge and it seemed like the number of mosquito kills went down. That could be that there were just fewer mosquitoes because of my spraying the yard for bugs, or it could be the cartridge really works. I guess, I'd say try it both ways. See what works best for you. My Flowtron zapper came with one to try out, but it would be worth the few bucks to pick one up and try it just to see if you get more kills.

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