Pennies in a ziplock keep flies away?

[Chicky Tocks]

I started doing this last spring and I will swear by it. There are still flies of course, there will always be flies, but 4 or 5, not 60 or 70!

The key is in the last statement I believe. The fly sees numerous images and the pennies in the water create a prism that is much too busy for a flies eyes.

Sad enough, it doesn't work with the buffalo gnat though.

 

[debilorrah]

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Ok you just made me laugh right out loud with that one!!!

 

[Chicky Tocks]

For reals!

I put three of them in my run in places where the sun was sure to hit them.

 

[seismic wonder2]

Around here you see the occasional clear glass jug with water in it.
I fianlly stopped at a guys house (when he was outside) and asked.
He said it keeps stray dogs, cats, shunks etc... away. It refracts light like a big lens and as the animal moves it sees the refraction as another animal or other movement and they shy away.

I'll bet it does the same thing for the flys but even worse because they have 3000 eyes.

 

[Rillion]

Snopes did a piece on this subject that you might find interesting to read. Their conclusion is basically "undetermined." I live in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area, and the bags are a pretty common sight at restaurants with outside dining. I'm thinking of trying it on our back patio.

 

[Feathered Wings]

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I wonder if this would work for bird feeder stealing squirrels ?

 

[PeepsInc]

I wonder if it's not just the copper sulfate that the penny puts off. It's very similar to the med you'd put on thrush.(horse hoof treatment)

 

[2468Chickensrgr8]

Okay How would one place some around a horse shelter ? without a nutty Gelding investigating?

 

[BigBuckSnort]

I've tried it before w/ no success