Common Culture Blue Sticky Glue Roll for Western Flower Thrips
This is a continuous blue sticky tape on a flanged core, 15 cm wide and 100 m long. It is built for trap lines that run the length of a crop rather than single cards dotted through it. Common Culture selected and tested the blue to pull western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis, as hard as possible. Other thrips species come to it as well. So do capsid bugs, including Lygus species, which matters in crops where plant bugs scar the fruit. The maker lists sweet pepper, strawberry, raspberry, chrysanthemum, rose, nursery stock and propagation crops as routine uses. Common Culture also notes that sticky traps paired with predatory mites have brought western flower thrips under control, with better returns and less pesticide. The roll is rated safe alongside bumblebee or honeybee pollination and alongside released natural enemies. That lets it stay up through a biological program instead of coming down every time a release goes out. Putting it up at planting gives the best effect, before thrips numbers have a chance to climb.
Hanging a Blue Sticky Trap Roll Between Posts and Crop Wires
Attach the tape to greenhouse posts or crop wires and stretch it flat, hanging vertically along the row. Extra runs belong across entrances and vents, where new thrips blow in. Height depends on the crop. Thrips fly low and short, so the band earns its keep near the level where adults move across the tops. Keep the sticky face clear of the canopy, because a leaf that touches the glue stays stuck and tears when it pulls free. A tensioned line stops the tape from sagging and folding onto itself between posts. Swap a section once insects or dust have covered most of the surface, since a coated band stops catching. Store spare rolls somewhere cool and dry, out of direct sun, and wear gloves while unrolling. Marking one stretch per bay and counting it weekly turns the line into a monitoring record. That count is often what tells a grower when the next predatory mite release is due.
Key Features
- Continuous tape on a flanged core: One roll lays a long trap line down a row with no gaps between stations.
- Thrips-selected blue: The shade was chosen and tested for western flower thrips, with other thrips species and Lygus bugs caught too.
- Pollinator and biocontrol compatible: The maker rates the roll safe with bumblebees, honeybees and natural enemy releases.
- Pairs with predatory mites: Trap lines and mite releases work together, with the catch on the tape showing how the program is going.
- Monitoring and mass trapping: The same roll works as a standalone monitoring tool or as part of a wider mass-trapping program.
- Wide crop range: Used routinely in sweet pepper, soft fruit, cut flowers, nursery stock and propagation houses.
Technical Specifications
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Brand | Common Culture |
| Product type | Blue sticky trap tape on a roll |
| Width | 15 cm (about 5.9 in) |
| Length | 100 m (about 328 ft) |
| Primary target | Western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) |
| Also catches | Other thrips species, capsid bugs including Lygus species |
| Pollination | Safe with bumblebee and honeybee pollination (maker rating) |
| Biological control | Compatible with natural enemy releases (maker rating) |
| Typical crops | Sweet pepper, strawberry, raspberry, chrysanthemum, rose, nursery stock, propagation |
| Installation | Between greenhouse posts or crop wires, stretched flat and vertical, with extra runs at entrances |
| Storage | Cool, dry place out of direct sunlight |