Best part is how inexpensive it was, I should have added the costs to the post. It was $4.84 for the Gorilla Glue silicone sealant; $6.28 for 12 pairs of socks; $20.74 for far more metal screening than I need (42" x 7'); and $11.99 for 50 of the black cups (not Solo cups, they're a little smaller, and deform much easier -- putting the sock around the mouth was difficult, and in two cases I pulled the sock off, but was able to re-glue it and it dried before I got to them).
Totaling $43.85; I made 22 of them (why not 24? I decided to try a pair of the socks, and liked them so much I kept that pair, and decided not to use the other set of 12 pairs I had bought for traps, as 22 traps is more than enough for our yard -- which brought the average price up somewhat).
Average price for each trap: $1.99.
Had I made 50, the total would have increased by $6.28 to $50.13, meaning each trap would have been slightly over $1.
The article said they had made them for 40 cents each -- I think the screening was the difference.
Best part is how inexpensive it was, I should have added the costs to the post. It was $4.84 for the Gorilla Glue silicone sealant; $6.28 for 12 pairs of socks; $20.74 for far more metal screening than I need (42" x 7'); and $11.99 for 50 of the black cups (not Solo cups, they're a little smaller, and deform much easier -- putting the sock around the mouth was difficult, and in two cases I pulled the sock off, but was able to re-glue it and it dried before I got to them).
Totaling $43.85; I made 22 of them (why not 24? I decided to try a pair of the socks, and liked them so much I kept that pair, and decided not to use the other set of 12 pairs I had bought for traps, as 22 traps is more than enough for our yard -- which brought the average price up somewhat).
Average price for each trap: $1.99.
Had I made 50, the total would have increased by $6.28 to $50.13, meaning each trap would have been slightly over $1.
The article said they had made them for 40 cents each -- I think the screening was the difference.
Good luck ridding yourself of those pests! :)