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Has anyone ever tried or heard of this?
YA GOTTA TRY THIS OUT. NO KIDDING!
We have seen these in places where we have traveled and they really do
work.
ZIP LOCK BAG - Good tip!
We went with friends to a restaurant on Sunday for lunch and sat in
the patio section beside the store. We happened to notice zip lock
baggies
pinned to a post and a wall. The bags were half filled with water, each
contained 4 pennies, and they were zipped shut. Naturally we were
curious!
The owner told us that these baggies kept the flies away! So naturally
we
were even more curious! We actually watched some flies come in the open
window, stand around on the window sill, and then fly out again. And
there
were no flies in the eating area! This morning I checked this out on
Google.
Below are comments on this fly control idea. I'm now a believer!
Zip-lock water bags
#1 Says:
I tried the zip lock bag and pennies this weekend.. I have a horse
trailer. The flies were bad while I was camping. I put the baggies with
pennies above the door of the LQ. NOT ONE FLY came in the trailer.
The horse trailer part had many. Not sure why it works but it does!
#2 Says:
Fill a zip lock bag with water and 5 or 6 pennies and hang it in the
problem area.
In my case it was a particular window in my home. It had a slight
passage
way
for insects. Every since I have done that, it has kept flies and wasps
away.
Some say that wasps and flies mistake the bag for some other insect nest
and
are threatened.
#3 Says:
I swear by the plastic bag of water trick. I have them on porch and
basement. We saw these in Northeast Mo. at an Amish grocery store
& have used them since. They say it works because a fly sees a
reflection
& won't come around.
#4 Says:
Regarding the science behind zip log bags of water? My research found
that
the
millions of molecules of water presents its own prism effect and given
that flies
have a lot of eyes, to them it's like a zillion disco balls reflecting
light, colors and
movement in a dizzying manner. When you figure that flies are prey for
many other
bugs, animals, birds, etc., they simply won't take the risk of being
around that much
perceived action. I moved to a rural area and thought these
"hillbillies"
were just
yanking my city boy chain but I tried it and it worked immediately! We
went from
hundreds of flies to seeing the occasional one, but he didn't hang
around
long.
Has anyone ever tried or heard of this?
YA GOTTA TRY THIS OUT. NO KIDDING!
We have seen these in places where we have traveled and they really do
work.
ZIP LOCK BAG - Good tip!
We went with friends to a restaurant on Sunday for lunch and sat in
the patio section beside the store. We happened to notice zip lock
baggies
pinned to a post and a wall. The bags were half filled with water, each
contained 4 pennies, and they were zipped shut. Naturally we were
curious!
The owner told us that these baggies kept the flies away! So naturally
we
were even more curious! We actually watched some flies come in the open
window, stand around on the window sill, and then fly out again. And
there
were no flies in the eating area! This morning I checked this out on
Google.
Below are comments on this fly control idea. I'm now a believer!
Zip-lock water bags
#1 Says:
I tried the zip lock bag and pennies this weekend.. I have a horse
trailer. The flies were bad while I was camping. I put the baggies with
pennies above the door of the LQ. NOT ONE FLY came in the trailer.
The horse trailer part had many. Not sure why it works but it does!
#2 Says:
Fill a zip lock bag with water and 5 or 6 pennies and hang it in the
problem area.
In my case it was a particular window in my home. It had a slight
passage
way
for insects. Every since I have done that, it has kept flies and wasps
away.
Some say that wasps and flies mistake the bag for some other insect nest
and
are threatened.
#3 Says:
I swear by the plastic bag of water trick. I have them on porch and
basement. We saw these in Northeast Mo. at an Amish grocery store
& have used them since. They say it works because a fly sees a
reflection
& won't come around.
#4 Says:
Regarding the science behind zip log bags of water? My research found
that
the
millions of molecules of water presents its own prism effect and given
that flies
have a lot of eyes, to them it's like a zillion disco balls reflecting
light, colors and
movement in a dizzying manner. When you figure that flies are prey for
many other
bugs, animals, birds, etc., they simply won't take the risk of being
around that much
perceived action. I moved to a rural area and thought these
"hillbillies"
were just
yanking my city boy chain but I tried it and it worked immediately! We
went from
hundreds of flies to seeing the occasional one, but he didn't hang
around
long.
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