{"id":721,"date":"2025-11-14T20:34:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T20:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bioscan.life\/bugquest\/?page_id=721"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:14:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:14:21","slug":"what-is-a-malaise-trap","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bioscan.life\/bugquest\/discover\/what-is-a-malaise-trap\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Malaise trap?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"721\" class=\"elementor elementor-721\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b7dd37 e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4b7dd37\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;opacity-fan&quot;,&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 283.5 19.6\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.33\" d=\"M0 0L0 18.8 141.8 4.1 283.5 18.8 283.5 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.33\" d=\"M0 0L0 12.6 141.8 4 283.5 12.6 283.5 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.33\" d=\"M0 0L0 6.4 141.8 4 283.5 6.4 283.5 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0 0L0 1.2 141.8 4 283.5 1.2 283.5 0z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48730b34 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"48730b34\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b77204 e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6b77204\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8437c32 e-con-full e-ecs-flex e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8437c32\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e232608 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e232608\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">No, it's not a weird tent!<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22761d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"22761d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">So...What is a Malaise trap?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e836854 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e836854\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW92568913 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92568913 BCX0\">It\u2019s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92568913 BCX0\"> not a<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92568913 BCX0\">ctually a<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92568913 BCX0\"> tent, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92568913 BCX0\">but it does look a bit like <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW92568913 BCX0\">one<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92568913 BCX0\">!\u00a0A Malaise trap is a tent-like structure that gently collects flying insects as they move through the environment.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92568913 BCX0\">\u00a0Invented <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92568913 BCX0\">in 1934 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92568913 BCX0\">by the Swedish entomologist Ren\u00e9 Malaise, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92568913 BCX0\">it\u2019s<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92568913 BCX0\">a very effective<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92568913 BCX0\"> tool for scientific research, especially when scientists want to study biodiversity.<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW92568913 BCX0\">The trap is black and white and has a mesh wall running down the middle that helps guide insects into the collecting container.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ecf96e e-con-full e-ecs-flex e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5ecf96e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22e48b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"22e48b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2144\" height=\"1608\" src=\"https:\/\/bioscan.life\/bugquest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mingan-Archipelago-NP1-PC.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-847\" alt=\"mingan archipelago np1 pc\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bioscan.life\/bugquest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mingan-Archipelago-NP1-PC.jpg 2144w, https:\/\/bioscan.life\/bugquest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mingan-Archipelago-NP1-PC-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bioscan.life\/bugquest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mingan-Archipelago-NP1-PC-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bioscan.life\/bugquest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mingan-Archipelago-NP1-PC-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bioscan.life\/bugquest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mingan-Archipelago-NP1-PC-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bioscan.life\/bugquest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Mingan-Archipelago-NP1-PC-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2144px) 100vw, 2144px\"  title=\"What is a Malaise trap?\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd08d8d e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"dd08d8d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff1c8d9 e-con-full e-ecs-flex e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ff1c8d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0142ad3 e-con-full e-ecs-flex e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0142ad3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c79e335 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c79e335\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-956833f e-con-full e-ecs-flex e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"956833f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dfc4c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6dfc4c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How big is it?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83bc00b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"83bc00b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A Malaise trap is about the size of a small camping tent. It stands roughly 1.8 metres tall (about the height of a doorway) and covers about 1.8 \u00d7 1.6 metres of ground \u2014 roughly the space of a picnic table. In the field it looks like a mesh tent stretched between poles, large enough to notice but compact enough to fit comfortably along a trail, in a garden, or on the edge of a field.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28ca992 e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"28ca992\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;tilt&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;tilt&quot;,&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-top\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0,6V0h1000v100L0,6z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 100\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0,6V0h1000v100L0,6z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-14afc22 e-con-full e-ecs-flex e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"14afc22\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-219d938 e-con-full e-ecs-flex e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"219d938\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56b6037 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"56b6037\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4340541 e-con-full e-ecs-flex e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4340541\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51e91b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"51e91b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How Does it Work?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-699d79d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"699d79d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\">When <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\">insects encounter the trap they will naturally fly upward toward the brighter white roof to avoid the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\">black mesh panel<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\"> The insects are directed to the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\">top<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\"> of the trap<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\">,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\"> where they enter a collection bottle and become <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\">trapped. The collection bottle is filled with a preservative to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\">keep<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\"> the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\">insects<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\">\u2013 and<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\"> their DNA<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\">\u2013 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\">intact for <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\">scientists to <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\">study<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\">. A Malaise trap is <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\">usually<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\">\u00a0placed<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\"> in a natural flyway where it can easily collect hundreds of insects <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\">in<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\">just one<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\"> week<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW174907767 BCX0\">.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35cb6fe e-ecs-flex e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"35cb6fe\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_bottom&quot;:&quot;opacity-fan&quot;,&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-bottom\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 283.5 19.6\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.33\" d=\"M0 0L0 18.8 141.8 4.1 283.5 18.8 283.5 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.33\" d=\"M0 0L0 12.6 141.8 4 283.5 12.6 283.5 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.33\" d=\"M0 0L0 6.4 141.8 4 283.5 6.4 283.5 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0 0L0 1.2 141.8 4 283.5 1.2 283.5 0z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e9aebc e-con-full e-ecs-flex e-flex wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no wpr-column-slider-no wpr-equal-height-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4e9aebc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;ecs_container_type&quot;:&quot;flex&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3c4e71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f3c4e71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What's so special <\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c211eaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c211eaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About this Bug Trap?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c746bb8 elementor-position-inline-start elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-block-start elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"c746bb8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-wrench\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M507.73 109.1c-2.24-9.03-13.54-12.09-20.12-5.51l-74.36 74.36-67.88-11.31-11.31-67.88 74.36-74.36c6.62-6.62 3.43-17.9-5.66-20.16-47.38-11.74-99.55.91-136.58 37.93-39.64 39.64-50.55 97.1-34.05 147.2L18.74 402.76c-24.99 24.99-24.99 65.51 0 90.5 24.99 24.99 65.51 24.99 90.5 0l213.21-213.21c50.12 16.71 107.47 5.68 147.37-34.22 37.07-37.07 49.7-89.32 37.91-136.73zM64 472c-13.25 0-24-10.75-24-24 0-13.26 10.75-24 24-24s24 10.74 24 24c0 13.25-10.75 24-24 24z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEasy to set up, easy to maintain\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA Malaise trap can stay in place for a long time. The only part that needs regular changing is the collection bottle, usually once a week. 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