Abstract: The invention concerns a selective capture cage (20) for hymenoptera comprising a box having a bottom (201) and at least three walls, at least two walls of which each have an opening for the circulation (22) of scents, each circulation opening (22) of scents comprises a porous plate (21) covering the circulation opening (22) of scents, said porous plate (21) comprises a funnel section having a large base and a small base, the small base comprises at least one selective passage opening (212) and the small base is placed towards the inside of the capture cage (20), characterized in that: the passage opening (212) comprises at least a limiting passage section is comprised between 7.0 and 9.0 mm, preferably 7.21 mm; and in that the limiting section for passage of the pores of the porous plate (21) is smaller in size than the passage opening (212).