Is it honey and vinegar in a jam jar? Honey smeared round the top, with the vinegar in the jar?Fly's are a pain at the moment - anyone got a good way to lure them to their doom?
maybe a local pest controller might give you some advice if you call them. or look at the bpca website. in warm conditions they breed muuuuuch faster.Fly's are a pain at the moment - anyone got a good way to lure them to their doom?
I suspect that may only attract further flies rather than killing off the existing flies...you will have lots of dead flies in your trap but that won't solve your problem . You may end up with a bigger problem. One of the problems is that with temperatures over about 20 degrees they reproduce in about 7 days whereas in lower winter temperatures they reproduce only after many weeks.I'm currently testing the old cut off and reversed soda bottle in another soda bottle trick- trying to lure them in with fruit and meat .
They can't be any smarter than fish.
Much better...it's about managing the problem and using an integrated approachI second Toddy with the fly screen idea, I use fly screen curtains on my back door, as when I'm home it's usually open most of the time in summer. I got mine from aldi, I think liddel do them too. Easy to put up, and keeps flies out. I also have net curtains over my windows, so that keeps them out of any open windows.
I still occasionally get the odd fly, but a rolled up newspaper works on that sneaker blighter!!!
I had one, didn’t work unless the muzzle was about half inch away. I found it slightly more effective with more granular KFC salt, totally useless with our powdery table salt.I want one of these for fly control...
Shelly won't let me have one, she figures that I'll leave salt and dead flies everywhere, which is probably an accurate assessmentI want one of these for fly control...
Your post triggered a memory for me - doesn't food for free mention Tansy as being a Fly deterrent?I read somewhere that hanging bunches of rosemary or mint near the dooway deters flies as they don't like the smell. I tried it and it didn't work for long and became ineffective when the herbs dried.