tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post6342192368071639853..comments2023-08-09T04:26:24.037-06:00Comments on Pinstrosity: It's a Trap!Marquettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09112633611070405863noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-40219545693627651412014-04-18T13:31:06.512-06:002014-04-18T13:31:06.512-06:00why would one want to catch flies outside?why would one want to catch flies outside?naughtysquirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08830614991104139413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-69438040992984034562013-06-07T10:51:13.708-06:002013-06-07T10:51:13.708-06:00Update: I didn't manage to catch a single fly ...Update: I didn't manage to catch a single fly with the Vegemite. (Possibly because the weather got cool again and there weren't really any flies about.) But I did trap maybe a hundred little black ants!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11321203676263966451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-23010019614102292002013-06-07T10:49:41.409-06:002013-06-07T10:49:41.409-06:00Update: I didn't manage to catch a single fly....Update: I didn't manage to catch a single fly. (Possibly because the weather got cool again and there weren't many out.) But I did trap maybe a hundred black ants!Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11321203676263966451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-37617630423816545002013-05-04T10:25:26.069-06:002013-05-04T10:25:26.069-06:00Thanks for this! I've just started noticing th...Thanks for this! I've just started noticing the first houseflies of the season, and while I know the inverted bottle trick I've had a hard time in the past finding good fly bait. (For houseflies that is. Fruit flies are easy!)<br /><br />I'm going with #5 but with a slight modification - we don't seem to have any yeast in the house (too much Christmas baking I guess), so I'm using some of my roommate's Vegemite. I'll report back if it works.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11321203676263966451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-53047077815114683702012-10-22T19:20:51.515-06:002012-10-22T19:20:51.515-06:00I've had great success catching fruit flies us...I've had great success catching fruit flies using: a 20 oz. Bottle w about 3 inches full of apple cider vinegar and a few drops of liquid dish soap. Cover top w saran wrap, secure w rubber band, & poke tiny holes. The Soap causes them to drown. No rotting fruit needed! Be sure to throw out any old fruit or garbage they may be attracted to! Leave out for 4 days or more to catch them all, &put in area where u notice the most of them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-36530560167837918332012-10-05T18:27:03.382-06:002012-10-05T18:27:03.382-06:00I use any sort of bowl or cup with about an inch o...I use any sort of bowl or cup with about an inch of apple cider vinegar and nothing else. I secure a piece of saran wrap around it and poke about 10 holes with a toothpick. Works like a charm every single time!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-7347510066486239962012-09-29T21:28:24.706-06:002012-09-29T21:28:24.706-06:00like several previous posters have said, i've ...like several previous posters have said, i've had luck with wine at the bottom of the bottle. my husband grilled out for dinner and a couple flies got in the house. we had a bottle of wine, and absent mindedly left it on the counter overnight. we weren't even trying to catch the flies, but when we woke up the next morning they were all dead in the "wine residue" in the bottom--such wine-o's :)Angelanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-63212807386853321702012-09-22T15:36:46.000-06:002012-09-22T15:36:46.000-06:00I've been trying all kinds of concoctions for ...I've been trying all kinds of concoctions for getting rid of fruit flys...to no avail. So as a last ditch effort I mixed windex and apple cider vinegar. IT WORKS!!! I haven't seen a single live fly since! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-84823579919383940112012-09-13T16:34:47.180-06:002012-09-13T16:34:47.180-06:00This works well for moths to, we have used it ever...This works well for moths to, we have used it every moth season and it works wonders. I believe my husband uses #5 combination.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-48569299952245249882012-09-02T01:22:32.848-06:002012-09-02T01:22:32.848-06:00or..outside she had a better chance of "a&quo...or..outside she had a better chance of "a" fly accidentally falling into the other traps on the way to the one that worked... Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-75512571348213293572012-08-28T21:22:46.479-06:002012-08-28T21:22:46.479-06:00The best thing for flies (that I've tried), is...The best thing for flies (that I've tried), is to put about a tablespoon of dish soap in a pint jar, and fill the jar the rest of the way with white vinegar. The flies are attracted to the vinegar, they drink it, and the soap kills them instantly. <br /><br />So, I guess you CAN catch more flies with vinegar... <br /><br />:P Just not live ones.mrs.brittsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10130531430534857863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-48074605228142735052012-08-22T14:12:30.472-06:002012-08-22T14:12:30.472-06:00I tried a wasp trap very similar to this one, and ...I tried a wasp trap very similar to this one, and it didn't work for days. About 4 days in, I checked again, and it had many dead wasps in it! I grabbed it up to show my dad, and he just laughed at me. Turns out, he killed them with a spray and put them in my bottle to mess with me.. Oh well, we will just use the spray from now on!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-26849625392178660242012-08-22T02:57:04.189-06:002012-08-22T02:57:04.189-06:00I've never had a housefly problem, but several...I've never had a housefly problem, but several apartments have had gnat issues. The best method I've found for getting rid of them is to get a bottle of wine and drink not quite all of it. (Definitely a bonus for this method.) Put a few drops of liquid dish soap in the bottle with the remaining (quarter-inch or so) of wine and swirl it around a bit. Then just leave the bottle out. They fly in to have some wine, but the soap gets rid of the surface tension so they drown.<br /><br />If you hang onto the bottle you can re-use it by rinsing it out and pouring in a little bit of wine from other bottles. (Maybe you got a wine and didn't like it.)lozerettenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-42692723760992768052012-08-18T18:11:02.122-06:002012-08-18T18:11:02.122-06:00I can't tell you how many times I have tried t...I can't tell you how many times I have tried the inverted 2 liter bottle trap and its never worked for me! When I found out about this trap online they don't really tell you what bait to use and that kind of important. I've tried corn syrup and water, sugar water with vinegar, dried cat food in water and even ham and cheese in water and nothing worked outside! I'm going to try this again with the yeast and sugar to see if that works. In all honesty the fly paper works the best but I rather have something more contained...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15515881078318534933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-83341024132930525492012-08-15T14:12:52.446-06:002012-08-15T14:12:52.446-06:00I use apple cider vinegar to catch fruit flies/gna...I use apple cider vinegar to catch fruit flies/gnats. My employer leaves it up to my coworkers to take out their own trash in a timely manner, and most don't. We have hundreds of them flying around once we go on a three day holiday and it always gets rid of them for me.<br /><br />I typically just use a plastic water bottle, cut it in half, pour the apple cider vinegar in BEFORE taping the top part on upside down. It ends up looking similar to you the picture you posted. I do not use honey as the vinegar has always been sufficient. From my understanding, the flies are attracted to the C02 that the foods emit, and apple cider vinegar is c02 potent. <br /><br />Two traps were put out on Monday, and here's the result two days later in one of them:<br />https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-_DeAuGDcS98/UCwB74t7BaI/AAAAAAAAaWs/Q9XgnJnNHWg/s775/IMAG0671.jpgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-53235685232111590042012-08-13T13:31:21.070-06:002012-08-13T13:31:21.070-06:00I experimented with different fruit fly concoction...I experimented with different fruit fly concoctions. I did the seran wrap with the tiny hole and a piece of stale banana, another dish wish a splash of wine and squirt of dish soap, apple cider vinegar and dish soap, the yeast one described in the post, soda and dish soap, an apple in a container with pin holes. <br /><br />I did them all at the same time and there were 15 in the wine with splash of dish soap and one, two, or none in the other methods. They were certainly more attracted to the white zin, little alcoholic buttheads. The soap keeps them from being able to fly away. Brittneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439533328357972936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-80553443768397401592012-08-12T14:14:12.213-06:002012-08-12T14:14:12.213-06:00A friend of mine left a glass of wild turkey sitti...A friend of mine left a glass of wild turkey sitting on a table outside one night after a long night of drinking. My husband and I came over the next morning and the glass was FULL of dead flies. Just thought I'd share in case anyone's looking for something else to try...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-21970203781100187192012-08-01T09:28:40.765-06:002012-08-01T09:28:40.765-06:00I had a fruitflies problems last summer and I used...I had a fruitflies problems last summer and I used the #3 (the one on the picture). It worked wonders. A few details though: <br />1- Inside the bottle, I put: Half a banana in pieces and a little bit of beer 2-3 tablespoons.<br />2- Before you invert the bottle, seal the (pouring) opening with plastic wrap and poke a small hole in it. If you don't, the hole is big enough for the flies to come back out. <br />3- I didn't bother glueing the bottle once it was inverted. Just some tape was enough. <br />4- The bottle needs to be changed every 3-4 days. The flies get caught in the bottle but they don't die. So after 3-4 days, you start to see some tiny maggots in there and it's not pretty. Just throw away the whole bottle and replace it with a fresh one. <br />5- You have to make sure there's nothing else in the house to attract them. No fruits on the counter or in the cupboards. Sink must be clean and trash can closed. <br /><br />After 10 days, my house was completely fruitflies free!Plouffinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-85624243945815269392012-07-29T12:06:49.190-06:002012-07-29T12:06:49.190-06:00Just had a huge party and my house is full of flie...Just had a huge party and my house is full of flies so I will be giving number 6 s try! wish me luck!!!!Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776777033687483744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-80473337681969265212012-07-26T22:30:36.355-06:002012-07-26T22:30:36.355-06:00I tried this with a little piece of meat as was su...I tried this with a little piece of meat as was suggested on another web site, it caught flies great but after a few days the site of maggots was not worth the amount of flies that were caught. It was truly disgusting.Carihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14696009142392238389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-43181521421384123762012-07-22T11:05:58.372-06:002012-07-22T11:05:58.372-06:00I tried a lot of the Pinterest remedies too and fi...I tried a lot of the Pinterest remedies too and finally found that the Hot Shot worked the best. Got it at a hardware store and honestly haven't had a fruit fly in sight since.amanda in kansashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00182202299790779427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-19193568488315085962012-07-22T06:37:22.108-06:002012-07-22T06:37:22.108-06:00Our house isn't insulated well, and we end up ...Our house isn't insulated well, and we end up with quite a few unwanted bugs in our house (particularly fruit flies). I use a cup with not even 1/4 cup regular vinegar and a couple teaspoons of sugar. I covered the top with saran wrap and secured it to the cup with a rubber band. Then I poked several holes with a tooth pick in the top and left it near where most of the flies tended to be. After a day, I didn't get too many flies, maybe 6 or 7, but the second day and third day I left the cup, there were so many flies I couldn't see the bottom of the cup! Really gross, but successful!Taleedohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07525789565946220797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6299578764487881408.post-8961194837078525672012-07-21T20:10:19.565-06:002012-07-21T20:10:19.565-06:00well, I will have to test test 5 at my house outsi...well, I will have to test test 5 at my house outside my back door. Maybe it will prevent them from coming IN the back door.Coffeegirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09452782522545970218noreply@blogger.com