Do you use bags of water against houseflies?

[TerriLaChicks]

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That would be me, also. I regularly bang my head underneath the hummingbird feeder & get sticky sugar water all in my hair!

What about the vanilla car things? anybody try those? I heard those work, but never tried them.

 

[Hoss1975]

I do,but i was told to put a couple pennies in the bag,works well for me.I hang them in my cattle shelters and it does keep the flies out.

 

[Laurajean]

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What's the purpose of the pennies, do you know?

 

[HarlansHollowFarms]

The vanilla things work well warding off gnats and no-seeums....not so sure about the flys tho.

 

[ChickenAlgebra]

Mythbusters tested it and said it didn't work. We've tried it, doesn't work as far as we found either.

 

[Hoss1975]

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What's the purpose of the pennies, do you know?

Not real sure

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[gavinandallison]

try vanilla air fresheners from the Dollar store and buy a concentrate spray from Auto Zone and refresh them every few days and a lots less flies.....

 

[3goodeggs]

laurajean,
''This effect is responsible for a number of optical illusions, such as mirages''
For some reason, I am thinking optical illusion,I read migraines. If it gave flies migraines, that would keep them away. It' keep me away.
I use pyrethrin spray. organic, safe and it keeps the flies away until it rains.

 

[gryeyes]

Reading the subject line before entering this thread, I had a mental image of a sort of redneck water balloon fight against flies in flight. Or maybe, I thought, somebody waits until the flies land on a wall, and the thrower has a great aim.... Sounds fun on a hot summer day, but how effective would that be?

I use the hanging fly sticks, and another nifty similar product in the shape od a squat cylinder with several "vanes" to provide more sticky surface space, and therefore more insects caught.

http://cgi.ebay.com/130383759465?

They work REALLY well.

 

[gritsar]

The pennies are supposed to add to the visual disturbance somehow. I've also heard of adding a sliver of aluminum foil.


I have a bunch of young chicks in one coop that occupy themselves for hours trying to catch the flies.