Pheromone traps are used for trapping insects using smell of one sex. These are commonly used for the control of cotton bollworms. Pheromones traps are used both for counting insects and killing them .Most commonly used pheromones includes sex pheromones and aggregating pheromones . Pheromones traps are mostly used for detecting presence of exotic pests, for sampling , monitoring or to identify first appearance of a pest in an area. Pheromone traps are highly species-specific , inexpensive and easy to implement. Pheromone based pest controls can be used in household and in storage facilities. They also helps in mating disruption of insects which controls insect population.
