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Cane Toad Tadpole Trap and Lure Package

Cane Toad Tadpole Trap and Lure Package

$75.00 AUD
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Take control of cane toad populations with this world first technology! 

The Cane Toad Tadpole Trap and Lure package contains the key to breaking the breeding cycle of cane toads. 

Simply place your trap in the water near a swarm of cane toad tadpoles, and place a lure inside. The lure will attract the cane toad tadpoles into the trap, making them easy to remove.

The trap is ideal for use in cane toad breeding waterways such as dams, streams and ponds. 

Package Includes:

  • 1x Cane Toad Tadpole Trap (dimensions: 315 x 320 x 290 mm)
  • 1x Packet of Cane Toad Tadpole Lures (5 individual lures, each lasting 24 hours in water and reusable 3-4 times)

How it Works:

  • Place the trap in a waterbody with a depth of around 15 cm.
  • Set the lure inside the trap to attract cane toad tadpoles.
  • Collect the trap and remove tadpoles after 4-8 hours.

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Humane, effective Cane Toad control is here!

Break the breeding cycle of Cane Toads (Rhinella marina) by trapping hundreds of tadpoles at a time. Our world first technology targets Cane Toads in their vulnerable tadpole phase, before they grow up to cause damage.

Use in toad breeding waterways - perfect for dams, streams and ponds.

How does it work? 

Cane Toad tadpoles in Australia have evolved to cannibalise other Cane Toad eggs. The active ingredient in the lure is the same pheromone that attracts the tadpoles to the eggs! When placed in the trap, the lure creates a 'scent plume' through the water that Cane Toad tadpoles will follow into the trap, making them easy to remove and euthanise.

The lure is an environmentally friendly, humane solution. The lure is only attractive to cane toad tadpoles and has no impact on waterway health or native frog species.

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Customer Reviews

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Richard Banks
The Traps successfully attracts cane toads as well as swordtails and mollies and shrimp.

The Traps successfully attracts cane toad tadpoles as well as swordtails and mollies and shrimp. I then seperate out the tadpoles from the fish. I usually place the trap in the pond for 4 hours at a time. I am usually catching around 30 tadpoles at a time. I can also use he trap to catch mollies, guppies and swordtails in the fish tank.

Hi Richard, thank you for your review. Watergum's Cane Toad Tadpole Lures are not attractive to any native frog or fish species, however small fish species may accidentally swim into the trap. For this, we always recommend checking for bycatch and allowing any native species to return to the waterbody. Please email us at canetoads@watergum.org and we'd be happy to help maximise the efficiency of your traps and lures.

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Gavin Jack
Gavin Jack

Tried trap twice but only caught guppies and a few tadpoles which are not cane toads.
I have been capturing cane toads every second night around our half acre pond in SEQ for the last 4 years.Recorded catch is steadily reducing and I may just have confirmed that there is very little breeding taking place.
I love the fact that I now have nine species of frog verified with the Frog ID app.
No doubt that the trap initiative is worthwhile as fewer cane toads means more frogs!

Hi Gavin, thank you for your review! It sounds to us like you're not catching many tadpoles simply because you're doing such an efficient job at toad busting and controlling the adults. Keep up the great work and please donn't hesitate to reach out to canetoads@watergum.org if you need any help with maximising the efficiency of your trap.

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Lex Carter
Cane toad lure effectiveness

The trap works as expected and I am happy with the results as far as capture rate goes.
I do think that the time that each bait is effective is way to short foe the cost,they are no longer working after 24 hrs and the capture rate is about the same if you dont have a bait in the trap.
the cost of clearing a dam even a small one of tadpoles would be high if the longevity of the baits cant be extended.

Hi Lex, thank you for your review - we're glad to hear that you're satisfied with the capture rate of the products. The lure time is 24hours of total water time, however Watergum only recommends trapping for approximately 4-8 hours at a time, over seperate days. Following a session we recommend removing the lure from the water, rinsing with freshwater, drying out and returning to sealed packaging. This allows you to get around 4-6 trapping sessions per lure.

For more information on how to maximise the efficiency and longevity of your products please email us at canetoads@watergum.org and we'd be more than happy to help.

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K Barron
Works a treat

We created a frog pond and the cane toads came. I thought we'd removed all their eggs, but we had tadpoles soon after.
The lure worked a treat! Follow the instructions exactly and you'll get results.

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Susan Fitzpatrick
Toad-pole trap

The Toad tadpole trap looks great. Waiting on water flows to recede before putting to the test in our pond at Alstonvale, NSW.
Susan

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