I hate flies!
05-17-2010, 09:22 PM
#26
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I know why God created flies....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5RGpHVx-4
The Revenge of the Frogs.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5RGpHVx-4
The Revenge of the Frogs.
05-18-2010, 02:26 AM
#27
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there is something called a "waspinator"
http://www.amazon.com/Unknown-WASP1-.../dp/B002ITNBT8
i have no idea if it works, but worth a shot for under 10 bucks. i also remember a sewing pattern to make one. but can't remember where i saw it. google it as a pattern and see if you come up with something.
i try to keep up with the ones i see..in the evening i spray where the nests start..(in my grill is a constant fight)
http://www.amazon.com/Unknown-WASP1-.../dp/B002ITNBT8
i have no idea if it works, but worth a shot for under 10 bucks. i also remember a sewing pattern to make one. but can't remember where i saw it. google it as a pattern and see if you come up with something.
i try to keep up with the ones i see..in the evening i spray where the nests start..(in my grill is a constant fight)
05-18-2010, 02:29 AM
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Originally Posted by hazeljane
http://www.monsterflytrap.com/
We have a blind dog who can't negotiate a double dog door, so we keep the inner door open in the summer, and just have a cut out in the outer door. And flies!!
These things work pretty well. I have one about 25 feet outside of that door, and while they aren't all gone, it keeps the population down. Of course, like all fly traps, they are disgusting, so maybe you have to disguise it.
We have a blind dog who can't negotiate a double dog door, so we keep the inner door open in the summer, and just have a cut out in the outer door. And flies!!
These things work pretty well. I have one about 25 feet outside of that door, and while they aren't all gone, it keeps the population down. Of course, like all fly traps, they are disgusting, so maybe you have to disguise it.
This is what i use for my patio door with my dogs running in and out. have used them for years.(no place to put a doggy door)
http://www.collectionsetc.com/Produc...aspx?WT.srch=1
05-19-2010, 05:14 AM
#29
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Location: Port Angeles, Wa.
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I got an email a while back that said to put 5 or 6 pennies in a ziploc filled with water and hang it close to your door, outside. Here is a copy of the information. Don't know if it works, but what have you got to lose.???
Fill a ziplock bag with water and 5 or 6 pennies and hang it in the
> problem area. In my case it was a particular window in my home. It had a slight
> passage way for insects. Every since I have done that, it has kept flies and
> wasps away. Some say that wasps and flies mistake the bag
> for some other
> insect nest and are threatened.
Regarding the science behind zip log bags of water? My research found that
> the millions of molecules of water presents its own prism effect and given
> that flies have a lot of eyes, to them it's like a zillion disco balls
> reflecting light, colors and movement in a dizzying manner. When you figure
> that flies are prey for many other bugs, animals, birds, etc., they simply
> won't take the risk of being around that much perceived action. I moved to a
> rural area and thought these "hillbillies" were just yanking my city
> boy
> chain but I tried it and it worked immediately! We went from hundreds of
> flies to seeing the occasional one, but he didn't hang around.
Fill a ziplock bag with water and 5 or 6 pennies and hang it in the
> problem area. In my case it was a particular window in my home. It had a slight
> passage way for insects. Every since I have done that, it has kept flies and
> wasps away. Some say that wasps and flies mistake the bag
> for some other
> insect nest and are threatened.
Regarding the science behind zip log bags of water? My research found that
> the millions of molecules of water presents its own prism effect and given
> that flies have a lot of eyes, to them it's like a zillion disco balls
> reflecting light, colors and movement in a dizzying manner. When you figure
> that flies are prey for many other bugs, animals, birds, etc., they simply
> won't take the risk of being around that much perceived action. I moved to a
> rural area and thought these "hillbillies" were just yanking my city
> boy
> chain but I tried it and it worked immediately! We went from hundreds of
> flies to seeing the occasional one, but he didn't hang around.
05-19-2010, 06:31 AM
#30
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Location: NYS Finger Lakes Region
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Originally Posted by Charlee
I went into a store last fall that had a baggie of water hanging above the door...was supposed to be to discourage flies, and when I asked about it, the lady told me that she'd tried everything, lot of farms in that area, and this was the only thing that worked, short of bug spray! I walked away shaking my head, but there's wasn't one fly in that store, and the door was open!
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