Ultra Pro 900 | CO2 Mosquito Trap | Outdoor Mosquito Trap | Fly Trap for Gnats, Sand Flies & Black Flies | Mosquito Killer | Flying Insect Trap | Covers 1.5 Acres | Bug Zapper Alternative

Purchaser is the chairman & mosquito inspector for a vector district in South East Oregon with 11 years of experience. I have utilized assorted brands and types of mosquito capture traps for insect identification and eradication. No mosquito trap is effective unless you practice mosquito source reduction by eliminating mosquito larva in standing water, examples catch pots or unused kiddy pools, combined with eradication by utilizing quality mosquito traps, larviciding, and fogging treatments provided by your vector district or private vendor. I assigned the Mega-Pro 900 CO2 trap a five-star rating for the following reasons. The Mega Catch Pro 900 CO2 trap captures four to five times more insects than any other brand of trap we previously utilized over last eleven years. It captures more than 20 times the amount of insects than a standard white light Center for Disease Control (CDC) approved light traps in same location and same time frame. The Mega Catch trap does not normally attract useful insects or pollinators. The oscillating UV light system, optional attractant bar, and heated CO2 gas is effective against mosquitoes, all species of midges, and no-see-ums. During field testing, few useful insects and no pollinators were detected in the trap bags with standard factory settings. The Mega Trap is reasonable well-constructed. The instructional manual provided easy to follow instructions. Set up requires attention to detail or the CO2 system will use excessive gas. The catch bag or cup is sufficiently sized to easily capture more than 30,000 insects. Recommend a buyer purchase two or three additional capture bags as they must be washed and cleaned after use. The Mega Catch Pro comes with a large cup that only needs to be dumped if you are not using capture bags. You will be astounded about how many insects the Mega Catch captures. The Mega Catch trap is rain resistant. The Mega Catch dolly stand option is a good investment. The Mega trap is not perfect in that it has one flaw. The control unit will loss the “time you programed on the clock” if disconnected for less than a minute. The control unit remembers your settings but forgets the time! Without the “time”, nothing else works. Finally, the customer service is outstanding. They actually answer your emails timely. The Mega Catch C.S. folks acknowledge the “time or clock issue” and stated that the “time issue” will be resolved in the future production runs of the control module. Attached pictures explanation; Time set 9 PM to 9 AM, CO2 gas set to 9 PM to 5 AM & setting #3, All other settings are factory. The results are no less than outstanding! In 11 years of mosquito trapping using CDC approved mosquito traps, I have NEVER EVER had the results shown in the two photos. I am guessing at least 20,000 assorted insects.

Short summary: If I had it to do over again, I'd go with a local exterminator that uses the In2Care system of trapping mosquitoes. Long Review: I am using the Mega Catch to catch Asian tiger mosquitoes in central Texas. I do not want to kill beneficial insects, so I will only consider mosquito control systems that specifically target biting insects. I have used Mosquito Magnets in the past, but for the past couple years they keep breaking, so I was on the hunt for an alternative. I was attracted to the Mega Catch because, while it comes with a significantly heftier price tag, it is supposedly much easier to fix if it breaks down. My first major complaint is that without the "optional" CO2 tank, I noticed NO IMPROVEMENT after a couple weeks. I understand these traps need time to be fully effective, but I also know from experience that I should expect some results (reduction in number of bites and many mosquitoes in the trap) within a week or so. After a couple weeks with no improvement, I bought a 20 lb. CO2 tank at a cost of well over $200. With the CO2tank, the Mega Trap does reduce the mosquito population significantly. The number of mosquitoes trapped in a couple days went from "a few" to a little pile of uncountable carcasses. The tank has to be refilled every 40 days at an additional cost of about $25. Mega Catch should say that CO2 is required (like Mosquito Magnet does for propane), and give you a place to set the tank (instead of charging $145 for the CO2 trolley). I would be really ticked if I'd bought the lower-end Mega Catch that is not CO2 ready, and that requires a $200 retrofit kit to use CO2. Plus we bought a backup 10 lb. tank for $125, because the nearest place to swap or refill the CO2 tank is 30 minutes away and is only open M-F till 5:00--not convenient. So the five year cost of this unit, assuming it runs for 5 months out of the year in my area, is $1825, or $365/year. That doesn't count the added cost of a CO2 tank trolley holder if you don't like your tank just sitting on the ground (or aren't strong enough to lug the very heavy tank around), the cost of octenol attractants, the cost and inconvenience of driving an hour round trip every month to refill the CO2 tank, or the possible cost of any replacement parts. Compare this to two other options: Right after I bought this trap and the tanks, I read about a similar mosquito bait program (In2Care) that is offered by some pest control companies, at a cost of about $75/month, and you don't pay for the months you don't need it. So that would be about $375/year, with no big traps with CO2 tanks sitting in your yard, and no maintenance on your part--no CO2 tanks to refill, no traps to empty, and no hassle and expense of replacing broken parts. The pest control company comes out to service the traps once a month. I have never used this program and don't know anyone who has, so I can't speak to the efficacy. Another option is the Mosquito Magnet. Prior to purchasing this trap, we used Mosquito Magnets. The first one we bought years ago worked great for a few years, noticeably better than the Mega-Catch, but we got rid of it when we moved. In the last few years, we've had three more, and every single one broke after less than a season. What a shame, because they work GREAT when they do work. They require a propane tank, which also has to be swapped out every month, but is much cheaper and more convenient than CO2. Propane tank swaps are widely available at gas stations, grocery stores, home improvement stores, etc. We can swap out a propane tank less than 10 minutes away, 7 days a week, up to 10:00 at night. Also, we can use the propane tank from the grill if we run out unexpectedly, and vice versa. The problem is the reliability of the Mosquito Magnet. They are under a 1 year warranty, and the company is very responsive and easy to work with when you need a replacement. The hassle is you never know when the darn things are going to go out. So if you figure you need 3 Mosquito Magnets at $350 each for 5 years, plus $100 worth of propane a year, that's about $1550, or about $310 per year, not counting the cost of octenol attractants and the inconvenience of troubleshooting with customer service, sending the old unit back, and waiting for its replacement to arrive. Another thing in the Mosquito Magnet's favor is that the mesh trap only has to be emptied about once a month. Which brings me to another thing I don't like about the Mega Catch: the liquid trap. Now to be fair, the Mega Catch states that you can use the included mesh bag instead, but it stresses that the liquid catch is more effective. And since we've had the Mega Catch for a few months now and the mosquito population still isn't under control, I want the most effective system. That entails every 2-3 days emptying and refilling the bowl, which I dislike for several reasons. First, the cheap cover where the bowl goes came off the very first time I used it (cheap plastic hinge), and while it can be snapped back in place, that is not easy to do, and it has to be done every single time I open it. So it's just sitting on the ground next to the trap. A $1000 trap should have a sturdy, easy-to-open door. Second, the bowl is not that easy to seat inside the trap, requiring a bit of finesse to get it in right. You're supposed to turn the trap off anytime you take the bowl in and out, and the trap is hanging by a hook so it swings if you bump it, making replacing the bowl even more of a pain. Third, the trap does not only catch biting insects, like the Mosquito Magnet does. I find a fair amount of moths and other harmless insects in there too. And last, the sugary liquid attracts ROACHES. I hate roaches. You could even say I have a bit of a roach phobia. A few weeks after we got it, I emptied the bowl, walked further into the yard to dump out the insects and sugary water, and carried the bowl into the kitchen to refill it. I set the bowl down on the kitchen counter, and a ROACH scurried out from underneath. Luckily I killed it before it escaped into my kitchen, and luckily it did not run up my arm, or I may have had a heart attack. The next time I went to empty the trap, another roach scurried out. So now my husband has the duty of emptying the trap. Another bone of contention is the area that the Dyna Trap covers. I understand about trees and buildings blocking the effectiveness of the trap, and positioning it correctly downwind. We are on a little over an acre of land. We positioned the Mosquito Magnets we've had in the past about 30 feet from the front porch, and they kept most of the front yard mosquito free. I set up the Dyna Trap in the same spot. After a couple weeks when it didn't seem to be working, I moved it on to the porch, where we primarily need coverage. It did a better job there, literally just a few feet from where we like to sit, but once I had the roach experiences, I insisted that it be moved further from the house. Now it's about 10 feet off the porch, and it does a good (not perfect) job within about a 25-30 foot radius, but any further than that, and the mosquito control is insufficient. I still get numerous bites when working in the front yard further out. In summary, the Mega Trap WITH CO2 is a definite improvement. It allows us to enjoy the front porch, which we were not able to do before, but it is far from perfect, and considerably more expensive than its original price tag. If i had it to do over again, I'd definitely try In2Care first. Not only is it cheaper, but there is ZERO hassle, maintenance or repair cost, it's nearly invisible (pucks in the ground), and you only have to pay $75/month instead of having a cost of over $1000 up front (and an ongoing monthly cost for CO2 and attractants) with the Mega Catch.

I have a place on a river. We were getting bitten to death by mosquitoes and no-see-ums. They chased us out of our back yard. I wanted to avoid chemical sprays because of the river. The research pointed me to this product. I bought the 900 Ultra more than two years ago and it has done WONDERS. I initially ran it on full mode and used up a CO2 bottle in a little over a week AND we got our backyard back. I played with locations until I found the most effective one for the primary area we use. Now I run CO2 on level 4 twice a day for about 8 hours total. I use 3-4 bottles per year. This means I pay about $100 per year for CO2. For my area, this is the most effective consumable part to this system. I have a noticeable increase in mosquitoes when I run out of gas. Octenol strips seem to have less impact but I use about 3 per year as well. For me, this is a better investment than hiring a sprayer. For the liquid bath, I find Mexican Coke (with real sugar), water and a drop or two of Method soap works best for our varieties of mosquitoes. Have tried juices, sodas, simple syrup. I left the power supply out over the winter the first year and had to buy a new one. The unit stopped working about 3 weeks ago. I could not get it to respond or turn on. Good news! I thoroughly cleaned the system. It still did not work and I could not get the diagnostics mode to work. After about 10 minutes, I tried diagnostics again and it turned on (no diagnostics). Let it run for 10 minutes and turned it off. Tried diagnostics again. This time it started diagnostics, seemed to "burp" (a technical term ;-) and then it restarted its diagnostics again. This time it passed. Total time invested: about 30 minutes. Lesson: Clean the thing more often... Even though I did not need parts, I love the user serviceable design and modular parts; this was a key reason for buying.

Did absolutely no good in our Minneapolis yard, all summer. It killed a bunch of moths but very few mosquitos

I’m not a newbie; I have used Mosquito Magnets since 2001. They work very well WHEN they work; that’s the problem. I continued to replace them every few years since I was not aware of a comparable device that has been field tested and found to be acceptable. The unit I bought in 2018 needed to be sent back for warranty repairs after the first year and this year it has been sent back twice for non-warranty repairs, I had to pay for the repairs, packing and shipping. I therefore decided to try the MegaCatch. I was concerned about the negative reviews, and as I usually do, I ran the reviews through Fakespot. The reviews were scored as a D (very unreliable and with questionable truthfulness). I decided to invest the cost of the lure, since I intended to return the MegaCatch, if it didn’t work properly, This review is for the Ultra Catch 900 in New England (few if any Asian Tiger Mosquitoes). I decided to increase my financial commitment gradually, so before investing in a CO2 tank, I ran the model for a few days. After I determined that it did in fact catch mosquitoes (unlike the most negative reviews suggested), I bought a CO2 tank. I am pleased to report that I am very satisfied with the performance. The catch is equivalent to or possibly superior to that of the Mosquito Magnet. I run the CO2 from 7:30p to midnight and from 4am to 7am at a flow rate of 3. Most of the disease (EEE and West Nile) carrying mosquitoes in Massachusetts are active at those times. I subsequently bought the Trolley. I am intrigued by the modular repair capabilities; which would be far more effective and convenient than shipping the whole unit as is the case with Mosquito Magnet. Only time will tell if this was a good decision. UPDATE: A year later, I am still extremely satisfied. The transformer failed. I had help from tech support to trouble shoot the problem. It was out of warranty. I bought a new transformer, plugged it in and I was back in business. I didn’t have to ship the whole unit back to the company as was the case with the Mosquito Magnets that I’ve owned in the past.

I bought this item thinking it was going to be the holy grail of mosquito traps. I also purchased the CO2 tank. I have had it running for almost 1 month now at least 15 hours a day. I have caught quite a few mosquitos a day however; it doesn't quite make the grade. It has been a very humid and wet summer here on Long Island thus far. This has made my yard almost unusable due to the 50 or so mosquito bites you would receive in a 2 hour period. Since I got this machine it has dropped off considerably. It hasn't dropped off enough to enjoy evenings outside yet. After 1 month you will still receive about 10 bites. I will change this review in the future if this expensive investment really pays off. The way it stands presenly is not as good as the reviews have made it out to be. I really think that this technology is mostly snake oil. I empty the unit every 3 days only to find a tablespoon of mosquitos and a talblespoon full of moths and beatles. I bought this expecting to get a real suprise that I could only get like 1 or 2 bites a night but it hasn't fullfilled that fantasy. I think a good bug zapper might work better. This item isn't cheap or cheap to run. By the time you fill up the CO2 and purchase those ridiculously expensive lures it will run you $200 to $250.00 a season not including the electric. Buy yourself some really good mosquito repellent and use what you saved on a good vacation.

When I bought this within a few weeks I was very happy. I really liked that it turned itself on and off at peak times. I also liked that it used straight CO2 instead of propane which was easier to find than I expected. (If I were to do it again I would only by the 10lb tank of CO2). In the first 3 months it was killing many more mosquitoes than my old unit. (I also found it killing a lot of other bugs like moths that my old unit didn't catch). However after a little over a month the power supply died. One email to the manufacturer and they immediately sent me a replacement. I was really impressed with how fast they responded. Definitely world class support. Update. More than 4 years later the unit is still going strong but I am replacing the power supply again. The power supply seems to be the week link for this system. But i am happy with the base unit.

I live in a heavily wooded master planned community in Texas. The mosquitos are relentless. We also have had cases of West Nile virus in my area so I decided to obtain a mosquito trap. I did a lot of research and read a lot of reviews. I decided to go with the Mega-Catch Pro 900 ULTRA although at the time I thought it a bit expensive. I also purchased a CO2 tank but I have not had a chance to get this filled so my review is based on this unit WITHOUT the CO2 accessory. If you have not already done so, you might want to look at my pictures below then continue to read. I first set this unit up just as the weather started to consistently get warm. It was easy to program; very intuitive; easy to understand instructions. It has several things going on inside- different color (thus wavelength) LED lights, a fluorescent tube, some lights blinking. I placed it in an area in my backyard and let it go for a couple of days, then checked it. I used the net instead of a water container and saw several winged small insects. I would guess a couple of dozen. I thought I would have to experiment with finding a best location. It then stopped working after a rain storm. The problem was the transformer that is in-line between the plug and the unit. I emailed customer service; they asked a few questions to make sure it was the transformer, and then they sent me a new transformer along with a new catch bag as a gift. They advised me to make sure that the transformer was off the ground when I received the new unit. Although they did not ask me (was not a condition of replacement), I did have the original transformer laying on the ground when it rained. It appeared to be sealed, and I don't know if that contributed to its fault, but the new transformer has worked perfectly through several rains; and it is tie-wrapped off the ground above my GFI outlet. Once it was up and running again in the same location as before, I let it go 24/7 and did not check it for 2 weeks. The pictures below are what I found when I emptied the catch bag. There were many very small winged insects that stuck to the mesh of the bag and did not come out but I thought that what came out made enough of a point. Many of these insects were stuck together by antennae and legs and were clustered so I could not count them all. I estimated (based on extrapolation of 1 sq in = 100 bugs in a represented count) that there were between 10,000 and 12,000 insects captured. I saw that there were at least 6 moths that were captured. and perhaps more that I did not recognize, but overall the ratio was exceptionally good. Overall I could not be more pleased with both the performance of the product and the outstanding customer service when I ran into a problem. I plan on seeing how this unit holds up this season and I will likely buy another.