Fruit Fly Hanging Bottle Trap - Targeted Bactrocera Species Control

Targeted Fruit Fly Hanging Bottle Trap - Bactrocera Species Control

The Targeted Fruit Fly Trap is a purpose-built hanging bottle system specifically engineered to control and monitor damaging Bactrocera species fruit flies, including the highly destructive Queensland Fruit Fly. Simple yet incredibly effective, this trap utilises an irresistible scent lure to draw flying pests inside, ensuring they are captured securely before they can sting and ruin your valuable fruit and crops. By filling the trap with a recommended fruit fly attractant (sold separately), you create an efficient one-way physical barrier where flies are attracted by the scent, enter the chamber, but are entirely unable to escape.

Optimised for both commercial agriculture and backyard gardens, this trap serves as a critical first line of defence in any integrated pest management strategy. The durable, weather-resistant housing ensures the liquid attractant remains protected from rain dilution while allowing the scent plume to disperse efficiently through the surrounding tree canopy.

Best For: Commercial fruit growers, home gardeners, orchard managers, and pest control professionals requiring a targeted, non-toxic monitoring and control solution for Bactrocera species fruit flies in fruit trees, vegetable patches, and near susceptible high-value crops.

Key Features:

• Targeted Bactrocera Control: Specifically designed to attract and trap destructive fruit fly species, heavily targeting the aggressive Queensland Fruit Fly (Bactrocera tryoni).
• Irresistible Scent-Based Lure System: Works by drawing fruit flies to the attractant scent, ensuring highly effective capture before they have the opportunity to lay eggs in your developing produce.
• One-Way Escape Prevention: The clever funnel-style entry design allows easy access for the pest but completely blocks their exit path, ensuring captured flies drown in the liquid attractant basin.
• Hanging Bottle Format: Includes a sturdy, integrated hanging loop mechanism for easy suspension from tree branches, vineyard posts, or shade structures within the affected fruiting zone.
• Reusable and Durable: Built from tough agricultural plastics designed to be easily emptied, cleaned, refilled, and reused across multiple growing seasons, providing a highly cost-effective pest management solution.

Product Technical Specifications Matrix:

Primary Cultivation & Field Applications

• Commercial Orchard Management: Monitoring and controlling fruit fly populations in high-density fruit-growing zones to prevent mass crop loss.
• Backyard Fruit Tree Protection: Shielding home-grown fruit trees, such as vulnerable stone fruit, apples, and citrus, from devastating fruit fly sting damage.
• Integrated Pest Management (IPM): Acting as an early warning monitoring station to accurately gauge pest pressure before applying secondary organic or chemical treatments.

Pro Tip & Optimal Trap Placement: For maximum efficacy, deploy your hanging traps early in the spring before the fruit begins to ripen and colour. Hang the bottle in a shaded section of the tree canopy, roughly 1.5 to 2 metres off the ground, as Queensland Fruit Flies prefer sheltered foliage over direct, intense sunlight.

Remember to monitor the liquid levels weekly, removing any dead insects to keep the scent profile strong, and top up the attractant as it naturally evaporates during hot summer weather.

Oversized Item Delivery Options

Oversized, heavy, and structural goods ship via specialist freight. Freight is calculated at checkout from estimated packaged volumetric or physical weight. Carrier depot audits may adjust the rate — if the increase exceeds 10%, we will contact you before processing.

Available options include:

✔ Delivery to your closest depot for pickup — default method
✔ Direct delivery — requires an operational forklift on site unless Tailgate Delivery has been specifically requested and quoted (contact us — this cannot be selected at checkout)
✔ Tailgate hydraulic lift delivery — must be specifically requested; contact us for a quote (not available as a checkout option; extra fees apply; required if you do not have a forklift)
✔ Forklift loading at our warehouse (no extra charge if you arrange your own freight)
✔ Direct truck delivery (available in Victoria)

Important Notes:

• Shipping costs vary by location and method
• Any carton or consignment over 25–30kg (or over 200cm) must be palletised
• Without a specifically requested and paid Tailgate Delivery quote, palletised freight requires a forklift on site — otherwise the carrier will redirect to the nearest depot
• Bulky and oversized items cannot be delivered to a PO Box — provide a physical street address
• Failed deliveries, locked gates, unattended sites, or incorrect business/forklift declarations may incur carrier redelivery, demurrage, and restocking fees as set out in our Terms & Conditions

Business Delivery:

• Selecting a business/commercial delivery rate warrants that the address has an operational forklift and certified operator during business hours
• If the carrier cannot unload, the consignment may be redirected to a depot and secondary fees may apply
• Additional fees may apply for failed delivery attempts due to lack of appropriate unloading equipment

See our Terms & Conditions (Article 8) for full freight and delivery rules.

Important Note on Availability & Shipping

Our warehouse is a logistics hub, not a retail showroom. Listing a product online does not mean it is stored at our Thomastown warehouse — many lines ship from supplier hubs (split fulfilment may apply).

How lead times work:

• Product page ETA: The Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) / lead-time badge shown on the product page at checkout is the agreed delivery timeframe for that order under Australian Consumer Law.
• Metro baselines: Advertised ETAs apply to standard metropolitan zones. Regional and remote addresses may take longer and may attract surcharges.
• Peak seasons: Orders in March–May, August–October, EOFY (June), Black Friday/Cyber Monday (November), and Christmas/New Year (December–January) may automatically add a 2–4 week buffer beyond the product page ETA.
• Supplier-dependent / backordered items: If stock is delayed, we will notify you with a revised ETA. You then have 7 days to accept the new timeframe or cancel for a full refund.
• Adloheat: Custom-made products from Adloheat (Pakenham, VIC) may take 4–12 weeks depending on the order.

Full fulfilment, cancellation, and freight rules are in our Terms & Conditions.

Biosecurity & Interstate Shipping Restrictions

Due to strict state biosecurity regulations, we are unable to ship some products to certain states and territories:

• Potting Mixes cannot be shipped to Western Australia (WA), the Northern Territory (NT), or Tasmania (TAS).
• Seeds cannot be shipped to Western Australia (WA).

Orders placed for these items to restricted states will be cancelled and refunded. It is the customer's responsibility to ensure that the items being ordered can lawfully be delivered to their state or territory.