Do Spartan Mosquito Eradicators Work?

They worked extremely well for me. I setup one kit on opposite corners of my property and it was hard to find mosquitos. I work in my workshop with the garage door open and never have an issue.

Used Spartan in three different locations last summer. They worked exceptionally well.

In the past l would use a large thermacell lantern when we were on our deck in the yard...didn't use it a single time last summer.

They need to be put out early spring to get ahead of the mosquito "hatch." Hang them ASAP.

The reviews on Amazon are bad. Apparently it's only sugar and salt. I have a Thermacell I'm going to try this year.

I know the local feed store/co-op here in Ponchatoula sells them. Maybe try a similar store down there.

I just got a 2 pack from my local nursery for 19.95. will report back in a couple of weeks.

Of course, I also just spray talstar, which is usually pretty effective. I'm hoping the combination of talstar and Spartan really takes care of them.

It's just a tube with a powder mix of (likely) yeast, sugar, and such. Their promo material says it is the same ingredients found in a sugar cookie.

You mix the powder with warm H2O, and it emits CO2 (like human breath) that attracts the skeeters to (hopefully) enter one of the conical holes at the top of the tube and drown inside.

People all over the world have made their own "mosquito traps" for decades with pop bottles and sugar/yeast. They do catch a few bugs, but is it enough to matter?

I put up two last year near bushes that had plenty of mosquitoes. They caught a few, but not enough to get excited about. And you have to wonder how long the mix will continue to emit CO2. A few days? I mixed up my own yeast and sugar mix to rejuvenate them after a few weeks.

Great marketing that I really wanted to believe, but I've concluded they're not worth the money. Pump up the Talstar sprayer and, if that doesn't get them all, use a Thermacell.

This Amazon reviewer nailed it:

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This is a mosquito trap. That is all it is. The ingredients are 11% salt and 88% table sugar with less than 1% yeast (that stuff you buy in the baking section). The yeast starts eating the sugar and the CO2 gas it produces attracts mosquitoes. They enter the device through conical 1-way holes (like in a minnow trap), they get trapped in there, and drop dead. That's why the water you add has to be warm. Yeast won't wake up in cold water. The thing is, the company isn't trying to hide this fact from anyone, company co-president Jeremy Hirsch has given a number of interviews where he says exactly what's in there and how it works. The only thing is you shouldn't get fooled by the idea that you have to buy a new one of these every 90 days or whatever. Just make the mix at home, re-fill and you're good to go again. This is basically a small version of those large mosquito trap machines but it doesn't need electricity or propane. If you want to save money, put out something online that says you are looking for used/empty Spartan canisters and just fill them with the % of ingredients to the weight level printed on the label itself.

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The Spartan Mosquito Eradicator does not work at all. It only kills mosquitoes if it falls out of tree and lands on one. My review.

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colinpurrington Swarthmore, PA Member since Aug 2019 1 post

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Not clicking that.