The agave weevil, Scyphophorus acupunctatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), is managed with traps that contain synthetic pheromone and food bait. Commercial and artisanal traps were evaluated, and those of different colors were compared. There were no significant differences between the different types of traps, but there were differences between the colors. Thus, merely selecting differently colored traps resulted in the capture of more agave weevils. It was notable that merely selecting traps of different colors enabled the artisanal traps to be as effective as the commercial traps at capturing weevils.

El picudo del agave, Scyphophorus acupunctatus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), se maneja con trampeos con feromona sintética y cebo alimenticio. Se evaluaron trampas comerciales de diferentes colores y de manufactura artesanal. No hubo diferencias significativas entre las capturas en las trampas artesanales y comerciales, pero si entre los colores de las últimas, siendo las rojas y naranjas donde hubo mayor captura de picudos del agave. Esto sirve para tener mayores capturas del picudo del agave con solo la selección en los colores de la trampa, además de no ser necesaria una trampa comercial. La trampa artesanal, de manufactura fácil y barata tiene la misma eficacia de captura de picudos.