Catchmaster Tree Banding Insect Barrier DIY Kit, 15oz Pail & Spreader, Lanternfly & Ant Traps, Outdoor Adhesive Crawling Insect Trap to Protect Trees, Fruit & Plants

Catchmaster works great! I smeared it on a blue coffee container to catch deer flies. Super easy to use. I used a tongue depressor to smear on a thin layer. It's sticky gooey stuff, exactly what I was expecting! I had that hanging outside, seeing sun about half the day, and this stuff never ran, dripped, moved which was awesome because I was worried about the stuff dripping onto the deck on a hot day. I would highly recommend for you to try for whatever sticky project you have. Next year I'll use the blue solo cups and try those because the blue caught 95+% dear flies only. I used vegetable oil to remove this sticky stuff off my hands along with paper towels, then repeated, then washed with soap and water.

I rarely write product reviews, but I was surprised that catchmaster actually worked so decided to make the effort. I am in the midst of a great war with multiple armies of leaf cutter ants, all determined to take down my rose bushes The directions to wrap a tree trunk with plastic wrap was not very doable for my roses But I found two methods that worked. For my climbing rose, which only has a few heavy stems I wrapped them each with tree wrap, and then smeared the goop right onto the tree wrap. That worked great until they climbed up the wall so then I smeared some on the wall and that also worked. For the smaller rose bushes that had too many stems to try and coat. I used an old mountain bike innertube. It was really easy to smear the goop onto something as heavy duty as the innertube, and then I just laid the tube around the entire bush. The leaf cutter ants, which don’t seem to be deterred by anything else, refuse to cross a sticky patch — a 2-3 inch band is sufficient to stop them completely. Warning that it is very sticky and even though I wore disposable gloves which I threw away, I still managed to get it on my hands. Wash with warm water and soap then moisturize wipe the moisturizer off with an old towel and repeat seemed to work.

Got this to work with inspect lure and mixed results. The sticky substance did a great job if something landed on it, but the lure didn't do great, so not as much opportunity to use it as expected. Easy to install but it's a mess if you get it on anything unintentionally.

It gets all over the place and then leaves, sticks, and pine straw will stick you your fingers and applicator. But you know what? Its the only thing that has worked for aphid farming ants applied to the base of milkweed plants without nonselective insectacides. And no lizard or other wildlife bycatch.

Aphids gone in less than a week after applying this. The ants that were harvesting and protecting the aphids were caught in it and then the lady bugs and other predators took the aphids out quickly after. Fruit trees are thriving. Great stuff. Make sure to put plastic wrap around the trunk before applying as this stuff is really sticky and will get nasty from bugs quick. Also, make sure to wear gloves, it's incredibly difficult to clean anything it gets on. Highly recommend old clothing as well.

This does attract, catch, and deter a lot of insects! It doesn't seem to deter, or even slow down, larger pests such as squirrels, though, at least in my yard. If one asks, Rufus, Amazon AI bot, will say that it is effective in controlling squirrels. I don't know what kind of squirrels Rufus is referring to. In my yard, I've used 5 canisters of this stuff on my cherry & oak trees this year. Next year, I'm making some baffles instead!

These make a huge difference with the fruit trees. Before using this, ants and other pests were destroying most of my fruit. You would see steady streams of ants going up and down the trees all day long long every day. But just a small band of this around the trunk at the beginning of each year will protect the tree all spring and summer until you get your delicious unblemished fruit! I messed around with the expensive paper bands they recommend the first year, then tried making my own base bands with paper bags the next year, then the third year I tried plastic wrap, but with all of these options, the ants would find ways to crawl right under the banding, making the sticky stuff useless. I finally called the manufacturer and they said it shouldn't do any harm to put it right on the tree, other than just staining the tree. Now I just apply it right over the dried up patch from the previous year, right on the tree bark, and it keeps all the insects off! I've been doing it this way for three years now, and haven't noticed any harm to the trees or any downside to direct application.

I have been using this stuff for years. I originally got it to stop the ants from getting into my plant stock and ruining my grow. I "painted" the thick goop all around the perimeter of the smart pot base and it immediately stopped all walking insects and forest rodents from trying to get to my plants. I had a bad ant problem at my house and thought of this stuff to see if it would help. The ants were coming in from behind the baseboards and no matter what I tried I couldn't get them to stop, until I used this sticky stuff. I had to remove the baseboards from several rooms, took a paint brush and brushed the entire perimeter of the room and put the baseboards back on. I haven't had a single ant enter any of the rooms that had issues. Only thing I don't like about this stuff is it is VERY sticky. If you get it in your hair or on your clothes, it is next to impossible to remove it from either.