Customer Reviews

Mosquito Magnet OCTENOL3 Octenol Biting Insect Attractant, 3-Pack

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This product (Octenol) works with all models of the Mosquito Magnet and with many models of the SkeeterVac. I have found that it does seem to increase the catch rate of the night-biting mosquitoes over just using the CO2/heat/moisture of the MM/SV alone. However you'll need Lurex (Mosquito Magnet LUREX3N - Lurex3 Attractant, 3-Pack) for the daytime-biting Tiger mosquitoes so unless you have multiple traps around your yard (as I do) you'll need to pick & choose which type of mosquito is most prevalent in your area. (I read elsewhere that Tiger mosquitoes are actually repelled by Octenol so sadly you really do have to pick & choose one.)

Oddly, on my SkeeterVac's TacTrap (SkeeterVac CPSX000021 TacTrap Replacements) I've discovered that other pests seem to prefer either Lurex or Octenol too. Flying cockroaches, for example, are most commonly trapped in my SkeeterVac TacTrap running Lurex, while horse flies and house flies seem to prefer getting stuck in the SkeeterVac TacTrap running Octenol. Gnats and no-see-ums get stuck both places and/or vacuumed up into the SV (Blue Rhino SV3100 SkeeterVac Mosquito Eliminator, 1-Acre Coverage) or MM (Mosquito Magnet MM4100 Patriot Mosquito Trap) fan/screen trap.

It fit and does the job. I had to wait weeks for it on backorder. When I took the old one out it still smelled strong. I could tell no difference with the new one. Not sure it really needs to be changed monthly.

Mosquito Magnet OCTENOL3 Octenol Biting Insect Attractant, 3-Pack

This is great. I must disassemble and clean my Magnet every year, but I never get bit by those nasty bugs again, the 3 pack is all I need for that year. Without the Attractant I only get about ¼ of those bugs.

One Octennol cartridge last about 50 days (or every other propane tank) here in Upstate NY, a lot longer than the package says.

Came as expected and on time. Glad to find these here and a better price than at the local store

well the mosquitos were still hare and we could not find this product at any of the stores in our area...they were all gone and not getting any more in as the season was coming to a close... Fast shipping and we enjoyed a fewmore weeks outside,mosquito free!

The Mosquito Maget Executive is great. I caught almost a quart jar full of mosquitos with the first tank of propane (approximately 21 days)

It is pretty expensive to buy and maintain, but if you have a bad mosquito problem, price becomes less of an issue!

not sure it works at all, noticed no difference using it and not using it

On time. On the money
Just the way it should be.
Will use again.
john

Octenol attracts mosquitoes just as advertised. Here's how I know this.

I crushed up the contents of an octenol cartridge and put it inside my best friend Jim's bottle of cologne. My little prank worked better than I expected; he was covered in mosquito bite welts and came down with West Nile virus, malaria, and Western equine encephalitis as well. I felt awful, especially when the fevers, chills, and encephalitis nearly killed him. When Jim finally got out of the hospital, I told him, out of guilt, what I had done. Jim tried to strangle me, but he was so weak he could barely get his hands around my throat. I didn't blame him; I would have been just as mad.

Jim doesn't speak to me anymore. I did hear from his lawyer, though. What was supposed to be a harmless prank has cost me my best friend and has taught me a valuable lesson: I will never use a pathogenic vector attractant in a practical joke on my friends ever again. But if I do, I will never admit it.

Well I will have to give it and the SELLER a ZERO as I ordered it on 7/8/2009 and still have not received it as of 2/17/2009. Can I have my money back????