Tanglefoot alternatives for Codling moth control?

We have a few too many Codling moths.  Despite having the sheep and chickens clean up the ground during the harvest, and doing all the things at the time, we can't seem to shake them.  We've experimented with mulch (it killed the tree), with grass short and long, with all sorts of things.  Nothing helped.

Then we remembered, ages ago, we used tanglefoot and it did the job, if expensive and sticky.  

And no one has any in stock.

Can I make my own?  

Is there a better way that doesn't risk having to spend every evening for the next month untangling chickens from the tree (another reason we don't use it).

I found this reference:
here are 3 recipes from McGill University to make your own glue:
 
 Recipe #1: 8 parts of resin en powder, 4 parts of terebenthine, 4 parts flaxseed oil, and ½  a part of honey.
 
 Recipe #2: 16 parts of resin powder, 3 parts de molasses, 3 parts flaxseed oil.
 
 Recipe #3: 3 parts of resin and 1 part cottonseed oil.
 
 For the 3 recipes, bring the mixture to boil. Bring down to a low simmer and stir.
While the mixture is still hot, pour onto some kind of grease resistant surface, that will become your glue traps.

you can also smear this on yellow cardboard folders or plastic to create your own fly traps (I posted a video a while back on how to make your own fly trap using the actual Tangle Foot product.)

I knew I'd seen this somewhere!

https://www.abc.net.au/gardening/how-to/controlling-codling-moth/11230948

Hope this helps.    As it says nothing worse than finding half a caterpillar in your apple. 😒

Jill Dyer wrote:  As it says nothing worse than finding half a caterpillar in your apple. 😒

And here I thought, that was just some extra protein! At least my bugs are organic bugs!

Nah, they don't taste good.  At least cabbage moth tastes lie kale, but these moth taste bitter.  Not like apple at all

This video seems to have a good method:

r ranson wrote:Nah, they don't taste good.  At least cabbage moth tastes lie kale, but these moth taste bitter.  Not like apple at all

That's because the main thing the codling moth larvae are eating are the seeds, I bet. The fruit is just what they have to chew through to reach the prize (or when they're heading for the exits).

That bit about heading for the exits is what the sticky barrier methods are targeting. When the larva is ready to pupate, it needs to crawl down the trunk to reach the ground, where it burrows. This journey takes place at night to evade predation. What many of us are doing to foil the moths is to plant an understory guild of pungent herbs. My favourites are the peppermint pelargonium (geranium), tansy, yarrow, and sage. The strong smells confuse and deter the larvae from descending all the way, leaving them exposed on the tree bark when the sun comes up. Birds finish the job.

Ever since I got the scented understory established, the codling moth damage has fallen off pretty dramatically. I still find a lot of small fruit in the early summer with holes, so that becomes my thinning chore and provides a treat for the sheep and chickens. These are most likely the result of eggs laid by female moths flying in from around the area. But the second flush is close to nonexistent most years, and I suspect that it's because the second emergence of the season is so much lower in the orchard.