I was looking around my garage and shed for a bucket or other materials to make a fly trap/maggot feeder and I stumbled across this automatic dog food dispenser. I cut a piece of hardware cloth and placed it in the bottom of the jug, over the hole where the dog food falls into the attached bowl. Then I cut the bottom off of a plastic container I had laying around and placed that on top of the hardware cloth. This is where I'll keep my fly "bait". I'll be using wet cat food for that. The attached base is sloped so the food will spill right into the bowl. I'm hoping this will work well to keep the maggots tumbling down from the jug, but if not I can detach the base and hang the jug so the maggots would fall onto the ground instead. Here are some photos....
Think it will serve its purpose well?
Think it will serve its purpose well?