Best Indoor Mosquito Traps

The Easy Button Solution

This set of mosquito traps are easy to set up and are non toxic or low toxic to humans. They do, however, cost some money. But when you have pesky ‘skeeters buzzing around you, these are so worth it.

UV Light and Fan Traps

These are prominent traps that attract mosquitos with a UV light, with a small fan that blows the mosquito into the trap where it gets caught on a sticky pad and meets an ignominious demise.

Tuzeasa Zap T3

Zap T360 Pro

Indoor Electrical Zappers

These traps attract mosquitos with UV light, but then give a disrespectful surprise as hundreds of volts run through the bug’s thorax and abdomen. Most of these traps can be used either indoor or outdoor.

Hemiua Pro Bug Zapper

Brison Indoor Plug-in Bug Zapper

Mostatto Bug Zapper

The DIY Indoor Mosquito Traps

Forking out some cash for a slick mosquito trap not your style? We hear ya. Go ahead and roll up them sleeves and lets get started.

Two Liter Bottle Mosquito Trap

This first trap is designed to lure mosquitos in through their attraction to carbon dioxide. Most of the materials needed are often found around the home, so it all you need are some instructions and some elbow grease. It also makes a good project that you can do with kids. This trap works by attracting the mosquitos, which enter into the bottle, and then they get stuck inside drown. Cold hearted and brilliant at the same time!

You’ll need:
1 Cup of warm/hot water
4 Tablespoons of brown sugar
1 gram of yeast
1 two liter plastic bottle

Directions:

1. Cut the two liter bottle in half.
2. Heat up the water in a pot.
3. Add brown sugar to the hot water, stirring slightly to dissolve the sugar.
4. Remove from heat and let the mixture cool until it is lukewarm.
5. Pour mixture into bottom half of two liter bottle and add the yeast to it. The yeast will begin to generate the carbon dioxide.
6. Make sure the cap is removed from the top half of the bottle. Invert the top and place it in the bottom half so it creates a funnel down into the bottom of the bottle. Use tape to secure it to the bottom half.
7. There are claims that the trap works best if a dark sock, cloth, or other material wrapped around the trap. If you think about it, mosquitos are attracted to carbon dioxide, which is typically exhaled from a living thing, like horse, dog, or human. The dark cloth creates the appearance of a living thing producing carbon dioxide. Sneaky sneaky!

Breeding Ground Trap

Another way to combat mosquitos is preventing them from hatching in the first place. This trap imitates the breeding ground for mosquitos, inviting them to lay eggs along the rim of the container. When they hatch, the larvae fall through the holes in the mesh on the top of the container and end up in water. After they grow large enough to move out of the cup, they get too large to fit through the mesh. Trapped!
Now you might say, this isn’t really an indoor mosquito trap, its more of an outdoor one. Well, yeah. This trap is better used outdoor, but if you can better control mosquitos in your yard, they are less likely to get your house. The best offense is a good defense, as they say. One important tip to know when using this trap – make sure you don’t have other good breeding grounds in your yard. For example, because mosquitos breed near standing water, you’ll want to make sure you dump anything that has standing water in it. You know, trash can lids, tires, your kid’s Tonka truck, etc.

You’ll need:
1 Plastic container, such as a plastic cup or jar
A drill or something to cut a small hole in the container

Glue
1 Sock
Fine metal mesh, like window screen material
Scissors
A few feet of small wire
Stagnant water, enough to fill the container. Or you can create stagnant water by adding a little bit of dirt and some grass clippings to clean water.

Directions:

1. Drill two small holes toward the top of the container opposite from one another.  This will be used for the wire in order to create a hangar for the trap.
2. Drill a second hole below the first set of holes.  This will be your overflow drain so the water doesn’t fill all the way to the top if it rains.
3. Glue the toe end of the sock to the inside of the container along the bottom.
4. After the glue is dry, stretch the sock out over the top of the container and wrap it around the outside so you’ve covered the entire container.
5. Lightly glue the sock in place so it stays on the container.
6. With your scissors, cut out a round piece of the metal screen to the same size as the top of the plastic container.
7. Push the screen into the containers so it sits just above the overflow holes that you drilled.
8. Put the wire through the top holes and find a good place to hang the trap.
9. Pour in the stagnant water.  Your trap is set!!

Fan Filter Trap

Ok, here’s a fun mosquito trap. Its like death by tornado for a mosquito, plus it can keep your living room cool in the summer. Mosquitos buzzing around your head in the living room? No prob! Just turn on the fan, man. The mechanism for this trap is really quite simple. The fan circulates the air in the room rapidly, sucking in hapless mosquitos as they fly near the rear of the fan. They get sucked in like a tractor beam and meets an unexpected screen that traps them, pinning them against it, until they meet their demise.

You’ll need:

1 fan, preferably a box fan. A fan with a metal case will make it easier with the magnets, but its not required.
Metal mesh (window screen works well)
Magnets that will be used to keep the screen connected to the fan.
If you don’t have a metal fan, you can attach the magnets using a Velcro strip with adhesive.

Directions:

1. Cut the metal mesh to the size of the back of the fan.
2. Fix the magnets to the back of the fan, either by magnetism if you have a metal fan or with the Velcro strips if you have plastic fan.
3. Set the metal mesh to the magnets, so the mesh covers the complete rear side of the fan.
4. Turn on the fan and say goodbye to the mosquitos who cross its path.