Vinegar, LOL

[Linda in San Diego]

pips&peeps :

Thanks for the info. Now I just need to buy a bottle of pop.....

Exactly my thought!​

 

[Linda in San Diego]

I like the idea of this type of fly trap because my 2 year old loves to get into things -- anything like the idea of spraying ants with Pam, or putting grits in their ant hills is welcome around here.

Humm, must have missed those, do you have links to those threads? The chickens eat ants, but they don't always find the ones that I want gone!​

 

[LoneCowboy]

How close to the liquid should the bottle top be? Mine have been out for a couple of days now and I haven't caught very many yet. I'm wondering if it should be closer to the liquid.

 

[seminolewind]

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Most times you don't want alot of liquid in there, and when you start collecting flies, just keep the liquid above the dead flies at the botton.
Mine works best one to two feet from the ground in mostly sun. I kinda shake it up every day. I think mine was up for 5 days before it became a hotel, LOL

 

[Pasteurized]

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Humm, must have missed those, do you have links to those threads? The chickens eat ants, but they don't always find the ones that I want gone!

I've got to look for the one about Pam on ants, but my Mom is the one who told me to sprinkle the quick cook grits on ant hills, they eat the grits and apparently they swell and kill them.

I'm not entirely sure where she heard about that, but we have ant hills like no one's business around here, so I tried it and it works pretty well. No chemicals, no worrying about having to wash your hands or a smell being left, and whatever you don't feed the ants you can eat for breakfast

 

[seminolewind]

I used instant grits on my patio. The ants had a trail around a rug, I sprinkled some on their trail, and a bit under the rug, and they devoured it. It took 2 weeks till I didn't see any more ants, but within those 2 weeks, I saw less and less. It does work.

 

[cajunlizz]

WELL , for those of you that tried the water, sugar and vinegar , DID IT WORK on the flies OR WHAT ?

 

[nccountrygirl]

I need pictures on cutting the soda bottle, I'm not picturing the end results.

 

[Jenski]

nccountrygirl ~ Try this link, about half way down the page. There is a pic of the bottle setup, although that particular trap is for wasps ~

http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf35188732.tip.html


cajunlizz ~ well, yeah! They work great. We have four around the yard (outside the chicken pen) right now.


Jen in TN
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