Sustainable agricultural development is the theme of agricultural development in the new century. Ecological agriculture is the foundation and mainstream form of sustainable agricultural development. The development of ecologically safe agriculture is the overall goal of agricultural development in my country. In order to better develop ecological agriculture, we should further reduce the use of pesticides. In addition to insecticides, the better insecticide tools on the market are insect lamps and sex attractants. So which insecticidal lamp or sex attractant is more effective in killing insects?

Using insecticidal lamps to trap and kill pests is an environmentally friendly pest control method. It has the characteristics of delaying the resistance of pests, reducing the cost of prevention and control, and having little pollution to the environment. At present, it is widely used in agricultural pest control in my country, and the insecticidal effect is obvious. It can trap and kill a variety of agricultural and forestry pests, and through technological innovation, it can selectively kill insects and protect natural enemies, so the market prospect of insecticidal lamps is very broad. There are many types of insecticidal lamps, most of which are frequency-vibrating insecticidal lamps at present. With the development of electronic technology, new energy-saving insect traps such as LED and solar insecticidal lamps energy have appeared.

The sexual attraction technology of trapping and killing insects is a green prevention and control technology advocated in recent years. Its principle is that artificially synthesized female moths release some chemical components called sex pheromones after sexual maturity, attracting male moths of the same species to find mating objects in the wild, and trap them in traps, so that females lose their ability to mate. It is impossible to effectively reproduce offspring and reduce the population of offspring, so as to achieve the purpose of prevention and control.
 
Insecticidal lamps and sexual attractants are two important means of trapping and killing lepidopteran pests, each with their own advantages and disadvantages. For example, sexual attractants can only trap male insects, while insecticidal lamps can also trap and kill female insects, directly reducing the number of eggs laid in the field. This is the advantage of insecticidal lamps, but it should be noted that the insecticidal effect of insecticidal lamps is often affected by meteorological factors such as temperature, humidity, wind speed, and moonlight. In practical applications, it is common for the weather to be sultry, windless, and moonless after rain, attracting many insects.
 
But it has to be said that compared with sex pheromones, insecticidal lamps are more environmentally friendly and have less damage to the natural environment. Moreover, in the pursuit of pollution-free agriculture today, the advantages of insecticidal lamps are more obvious. However, in order to achieve better pest control effect using insecticidal lamps, appropriate light trapping wavelength and light intensity should be selected according to the occurrence law of pests and meteorological conditions to effectively control pests.