How to assemble a Botswana-made Epsilon trap
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1. Pick a clear area.
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2. Clear the ground where the trap will be.
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3. You need plastic rings, pegs and poles...
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4. Insert the short poles through the plastic rings...
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5 …like so.
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6 Attach these poles to each vertical edge by...
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7. threading the pole through the loop...
![](https://www.tsetse.org/sites/lstm-tsetse/files/styles/nugget-mobile/public/content/paragraphs/text/images/2018-05-06/Botswana0009.jpg?itok=Wm_4pRnW×tamp=1525603074)
8. ..into one corner pocket...
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9. ..and then into the other corner pocket.
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10. So it now looks like this.
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11. Repeat this process for the other two edges.
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12. Now take the long pole and connect it to the ring..
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13. ...like this
![](https://www.tsetse.org/sites/lstm-tsetse/files/styles/nugget-mobile/public/content/paragraphs/text/images/2018-05-05/Botswana0015.jpg?itok=mIk1_C0K×tamp=1525537632)
14. and then connect it to a ring on the other side.
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15. Do the same on the second side...
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16. and again for the third.
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17. Stand the trap upright and...
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18. ..adjust the horizontal poles so it isn’t floppy.
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19. Make a small hole at the site for the centre pole.
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20. The pole needs to be about 1 m high.
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21. Insert the cage support into the pole...
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22 ...like this...
![](https://www.tsetse.org/sites/lstm-tsetse/files/styles/nugget-mobile/public/content/paragraphs/text/images/2018-05-05/Botswana0024_0.jpg?itok=loJ-TYg5×tamp=1525543290)
23. ..and then put the trap over the pole.
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24. Peg down each of the corners.
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