Due to the fact that UV LED light is much cooler than traditional UV fluorescent light, a specifically formulated adhesive coating is required to achieve optimised performance: Within traditional UV fly traps, the UV fluorescent tubes generate heat, so that the adhesive on the board gets ‘sticky’ enough to retain insects, but not too fluid, because otherwise it would literally run off the sticky board. Meanwhile, the heat generated by UV LED tubes is too insignificant to repeat the same process, which is why PestWest has done extensive research in order to create a dedicated sticky board, optimised to work with LED technology and the Quantum X range in particular.
