Do-it-yourself fly trap: is it worth the effort?

There are so many chemistry in our lives that once again I do not want to use toxic drugs, especially if there is a harmless alternative. A popular life hack is a do-it-yourself fly trap. A simple device is replete with many modifications, is made in 5 minutes from improvised materials, but the main thing is that it quickly and in large quantities “catches” annoying and unceremonious insects. So, at least, those who use home-made flytraps claim. What actually, let's try to figure out impartially,

What do you need to know about flies to trap them?

So that a do-it-yourself fly trap does not turn out to be wasted time, it is advisable to know the basic habits and instincts of insects. Only in this case will it be possible to outwit, lure and destroy them. A few from the life of flies, point by point.

1. The senseless, as we think, whirling a fly around a room, in fact, is a constant search for food. She will bite on the edible bait, the main thing is to guess with taste and smell.
2. Hypnotic power over a gluttonous insect has meat, especially “with a ducky”. Jam, honey, sweet overripe fruits also belong to the category of favorite foods.
   
3. The second direction of the constant search for flies is where to breed. The best place for oviposition in a living room is spoiled food, decaying garbage, feces. Given the insect's delicate sense of smell, this factor must be taken into account when choosing the place where to put the traps.
4. Most are familiar with the situation, how difficult it is to catch a fly in a room. It is difficult to catch an insect by surprise, because due to the special structure of the eye, it perceives the slightest flicker, has a viewing angle of 180⁰. But calmly sits down to where his relatives already exist, for example, on adhesive tape.

It is interesting! To understand how developed the flies smell, Swiss scientists conducted an experiment, luring them to the aroma of different products. It turned out that the maximum distance from which flies distinguish the smell of meat is 3 km.

Types of simple traps

All the variety of home-made flytraps can conditionally be combined into 3 groups.

• With edible bait, when an insect enters a confined space, but does not die, but simply can not get out.
• With poison bait. The fly dies, eating “sweet”.
• Sticky flytraps. Having stuck in the sticky substance, the insect dies of hunger.

There are craftsmen who make home-made "stun guns" for flies, but this device can hardly be made without proper professional skills.

From a plastic bottle

A simple trap for flies is easiest to make from an ordinary plastic bottle. The essence of the device is that the design involves the movement of the insect in only one direction - inside the container. There is no return stroke. And so that the fly wanted to get there, they prepare a bait with an attractive smell.

The bottle must be cut in half. The lower part is a container for bait.The upper inverted half is a funnel, through the narrow neck of which the insect enters the trap. The ratio of the height of the lower and upper parts is 2: 1, the funnel must be tightly fixed with tape or a stapler.

Advice! The funnel itself should not come into contact with the bait, contain drops of sweet liquid, other food, otherwise the insect will have no need to get inside, it will “dine” on approach.

How to catch and direct a fly into a trap standing in a certain part of the room? To do this, use the following compounds.

• Sweet liquid - rare jam, sugar syrup, honey, Coca-Cola.
• Fermented liquid. It is easy to obtain if a drop of dry yeast is added to the sweet filler.
• Flies fly well on red wine, beer.
• If ground pepper (black) or a granular insecticide, such as Agita, is added to the sweet liquid, the insects will not only fall into the trap, but also die.

Advice! Meat or fish as a bait is best used outdoors. We with flies have different ideas about pleasant smells - what they like is annoying to our sense of smell.

The final touch - traps set in the most attractive places for insects. On the windowsills - flies tend to the light, the kitchen table, next to the bin, the toilet.

From a glass jar

You can make a fly trap with your own hands from a glass jar and a funnel of a suitable size.

Overripe fruits of a sweet taste - apples, banana, peaches, apricots - are placed at the bottom of the dishes. Well, if they begin to rot and wander. Instead of the lid, a funnel is inserted, securely fixed so that there are no gaps between it and the wall of the can - the trap is wrapped around the neck with tape, tape.

From a plastic container

To make a small neat flytrap, take any transparent container - a glass, a plastic container. At the bottom put a little honey, sweet fruit, jam, cover with cling film, in which make 1-3 small holes. The principle of operation of the device is the same as described above.

Advice! Using a home-made trap, do not forget to dispose of insects from time to time, wash the container, and renew the bait. Do not allow the flycatcher to become a source of unsanitary conditions.

Duct tape

Another kind of do-it-yourself fly trap is homemade duct tape. Numerous videos on how to prepare a sticky substance from honey and sugar do not hold water. Such a coating will dry quickly, God forbid, if you can catch a few insects. To get Velcro, similar to purchased, use the following composition.

• 2 parts of pine resin (rosin), melted on a burner or water bath;
• 1 part castor or linseed oil;
• a little ("for taste") honey, sugar syrup.

You get a truly sticky substance that retains a viscous consistency for a long time. Ribbons are cut from durable kraft paper, parchment, oilcloth.

Advice! If you have ALT glue, which is used to control small rodents, it can be used for adhesive tape.

Homemade Traps: Pros and Cons

Having considered how to make a trap for flies from a plastic bottle or other transparent container, we analyze whether the device is worth the time spent.

Arguments for":

• safe, environmentally friendly device;
• simple and quick to do;
• available materials;
• several flies fall into the trap per day;
• no need to pay money.

Cons of a homemade device:

• does not give a 100% guarantee of extermination of insects;
• It does not always look aesthetically pleasing;

Output. There are more pluses. Definitely gives effect if there are not many flies. The game is worth the candle if other options (fumigant, insecticides) for some reason are not available.

With improvised adhesive tape, without emergency, we would not bother. It is inexpensive, in addition, the purchased analog has an undeniable advantage - the attractant includes an attractant - pheromone, which attracts insects.

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