Insect Sticky & Glue Traps

Catching and holding insects without an insecticide. The range covers fly papers and window stickers for flying insects, glue pads for fruit flies, sticky lure traps for cockroaches, and replacement glue pads for electric flea traps. They suit anywhere you want something silent, poison-free and left running.

Rarely. A sticky trap catches the insects that walk or fly onto it, which reduces numbers and shows you where activity is concentrated - genuinely useful. It does not reach eggs, larvae or a harbourage, so for an established infestation use traps alongside the treatment for that pest.

Along the routes insects actually use rather than in open space. For crawling insects that means hard against skirting boards, in corners, behind and under appliances, and beside pipework - insects follow edges. For flying insects, near windows, doors and bins. Fruit fly pads want to be within about a metre of where you see the flies.

They contain no insecticide, which is their main advantage, but the glue is the thing to plan around. Place traps where a child or animal cannot reach and get stuck to them - behind or under appliances, inside cupboards, high on a window. If a pet does get stuck, cooking oil releases the glue far better than pulling.

Until the surface fills with insects or dust, or dries out. A trap loses its tack well before it looks full, so replace it when catches drop rather than waiting for it to look used up. Traps in dusty or greasy areas need changing more often.

Not necessarily - more often it means the placement is wrong. An empty trap in the middle of a floor tells you very little, because most insects travel along edges and under things. Move it tight against a skirting board, into a corner, or behind an appliance and give it a week. Several well-placed traps staying empty over that time is a genuine all-clear signal.

No. Rodent glue boards are licence-only in England and banned in Wales and Scotland, and we do not stock them. Everything in this range is for insects. For mice and rats, snap traps and live catch traps are the DIY options in our rodent range.