I didn't know you had a page for these, figured the shot would maybe get me some answers then get frassed.

Was hoping someone would recognize whose it was and if they were looking for emerald ash borer. At the time I saw it, I asked the city of dallas urban biologist who was over this lake and he was unaware of it.

The traps used out here in Karnack (East Texas) for EAB are rather large purple prism traps hung up in the canopy. Hard to miss, but (sadly) effective.

If you wish to pursue this further, you might try contacting Scentry directly and/or email them this image, which also includes a serial number on the bottom, which may help them to identify the type of trap or pheromone being used.

Thanks

From a Google Seach, it looks like the company's red traps are mostly used to catch Spotted-Wing Drosophila. I think they are a relatively new invasive fruit fly that can be a risk to orchards.

Wonder why they would look for that at the lake, no orchards near by, lots of native pecans.

I bet the target insect is the Pecan nut casebearer, Acrobasis nuxvorella. I posted a bad image of this pecan pest for which a species page was not created on BugGuide, although I am certain of this ID, as I used to monitor this pest in commercial orchards for 10 years in Far West Texas. See:


More info about this pest:

https://agrilifeextension.tamu.edu/library/farming/controlling-the-pecan-nut-casebearer/

https://entomologytoday.org/2019/09/18/pecan-nut-casebearer-new-guide-provides-ipm-options/

https://royaltypecans.com/blogs/news/in-the-orchard-july-2018