New RESCUE!® TrapStiks® for Wasps and Flies Employ the Science of Visual Attraction

SPOKANE, Wash. - Dec. 2, 2013 - PRLog -- For over 30 years, RESCUE!® (http://www.rescue.com/) has innovated the consumer insect control category by luring insects to traps with scent-based attractants – namely, pheromone and feeding lures. But with the new electro-retinogram in their insect research lab, RESCUE!® scientists are now using visual cues to attract insects.

The new TrapStik™ for Wasps and TrapStik™ for Flies use RESCUE!®-developed VisiLure™ technology (http://www.rescue.com/visilure) to draw insects with colors, shapes and other visual stimuli to which they respond.

According to Rod Schneidmiller, president and founder of Sterling International, manufacturers of RESCUE!® products, “TrapStik™ works by luring wasps or biting flies to a sticky surface using a three dimensional pattern and color combination they find most attractive.”

Both the TrapStik™ for Wasps and the TrapStik™ for Biting Flies will be available early 2014 at independent garden centers and major retailers across the country.  Stop by the RESCUE!® booth #733 at The IGC Show to learn more.


RESCUE!® TrapStik™ for Wasps

•          Catches queen wasps in spring before they build nests

•          Catches aggressive worker wasps from summer through fall

•          Can be hung next to a nest to deplete it of wasps

•          Waterproof

•          Odor-free and pesticide-free

•          $7.99 suggested retail

RESCUE!® TrapStik™ for Biting Flies

•          Works on both biting flies and filth flies

•          Waterproof

•          Odor-free and pesticide-free

•          $7.99 suggested retail

These new traps are being added to the already successful line of non-toxic RESCUE!® pest control solutions.

Established in 1982, Sterling International, Inc. offers RESCUE!® traps and attractants for stink bugs, wasps, hornets, yellowjackets, flies, Japanese and Oriental beetles and more.  These products are prominently on shelves at home improvement centers, hardware stores and lawn & garden retailers throughout the U.S. and Canada.

For more information on VisiLure™, visit www.rescue.com/visilure. You can also follow RESCUE! ® on Facebook and Twitter.