Onion Maggot Fly vs. Sticky Traps: Season 3 Finale

The six sticky traps guarding Mary’s onion beds in her Vassar Community Gardens plots collected this assortment of critter and mulch from mid-July through mid-August, when she harvested the last of the crop:

  • VCCG Onion Maggot Trap A
  • VCCG Onion Maggot Trap B
  • VCCG Onion Maggot Trap C
  • VCCG Onion Maggot Trap D
  • VCCG Onion Maggot Trap E
  • VCCG Onion Maggot Trap F

The labels do not match those on the first set through mid-July, because I don’t care quite enough to keep track of them.

The traps don’t collect many onion maggot flies, which suggests that a little control goes a long way. As far as she’s concerned, these traps work very well, because the crop has very little maggot damage.

Searching for onion sticky traps will produce the rest of the collection. Contact me for the full resolution images, should you need to ID all the critters.