fly trap recipe
I have one of those fly traps where you have a liquid bait, the fly goes in
after the stinky bait, can't get out, drowns in the liquid. Looking for a recipe for the attractant but couldn't find one. I looked on Len's useful recipe page but his bait recipe was for fruit fly, not regular flies. Any suggestions? Thanks. Blair |
fly trap recipe
Try this link
http://insected.arizona.edu/flyrear.htm Blaircam wrote: I have one of those fly traps where you have a liquid bait, the fly goes in after the stinky bait, can't get out, drowns in the liquid. Looking for a recipe for the attractant but couldn't find one. I looked on Len's useful recipe page but his bait recipe was for fruit fly, not regular flies. Any suggestions? Thanks. Blair |
fly trap recipe
"Blaircam" wrote in message ... I have one of those fly traps where you have a liquid bait, the fly goes in after the stinky bait, can't get out, drowns in the liquid. Looking for a recipe for the attractant but couldn't find one. I looked on Len's useful recipe page but his bait recipe was for fruit fly, not regular flies. Any suggestions? Thanks. Blair Fish heads, fish guts, uncooked meat, poo and blood & bone. Solid stuff should be weighed down so that it is in contact with the bottom of the container (thus not having islands for flies to land on and deposit maggots on. If you do get maggots pour boiling water in. Cheers Rick |
fly trap recipe
g'day blair,
too easy mate, some mince into some water into the bottle and hey presto catching flies (once the met goes stinky). and works a treat. len On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 18:41:46 +0900, "Blaircam" wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len & bev -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
fly trap recipe
g'day jonno,
our bottel way is easier just takes 2 little inverted V cut windows either side just below the neck of the bottle, push windows open a little and there ya go too easy. then when it is full of deceased flies some ducqe tape over the holes and into the garbage then make new traps. On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:44:04 +1100, Jonno wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len & bev -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
fly trap recipe
It was just a start for them Len,
It was actually a bottle trap for flies to superglue to a tiny aeroplane, after they had been refrigerated. Then when they come too, they try to fly away, powering the tiny aeroplane with as many engines as you like to catch..... See here http://www.flypower.com/ Watch the inane laughter as it flies around.... (grin!) If you dare build it. Watch the RSPCA come to you door.... Funny though....It might just work.... len garden wrote: g'day jonno, our bottel way is easier just takes 2 little inverted V cut windows either side just below the neck of the bottle, push windows open a little and there ya go too easy. then when it is full of deceased flies some ducqe tape over the holes and into the garbage then make new traps. On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:44:04 +1100, Jonno wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len & bev -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
fly trap recipe
The bottle is just a start for this item Len.
http://www.flypower.com/tips.html len garden wrote: g'day jonno, our bottel way is easier just takes 2 little inverted V cut windows either side just below the neck of the bottle, push windows open a little and there ya go too easy. then when it is full of deceased flies some ducqe tape over the holes and into the garbage then make new traps. On Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:44:04 +1100, Jonno wrote: snipped With peace and brightest of blessings, len & bev -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
fly trap recipe
"len garden" wrote in message
... g'day jonno, our bottel way is easier just takes 2 little inverted V cut windows either side just below the neck of the bottle, push windows open a little and there ya go too easy. !!!!!!! what a good idea. i was making them with inverted cut-off tops & whatnot, & it was just ridiculous. THIS way must be a million times better. thanks len! then when it is full of deceased flies some ducqe tape over the holes and into the garbage then make new traps. two things - 1: surely they could go into the compost? (i assume dead flies would be excellent in your compost. if a bit icky.) 2: my traps (purpose-made ones, not the cut-off-bottle type that didn't stay together so i gave up on them) kind of seem to function continuously - the dead flies seem to make just as smelly an attractant as the stuff that went in in the first place. and they seem to break down really fast anyway. well, what i'm saying here is my traps kept catching flies & stayed smelly, but haven't got "full" yet. i've still got packets of smelly-fly-attractor stuff that i've never had to break open yet. (?) kylie |
fly trap recipe
On Thu, 08 Nov 2007 09:44:38 GMT, "0tterbot" wrote:
"len garden" wrote in message .. . snipped!!!!!!! what a good idea. i was making them with inverted cut-off tops & whatnot, & it was just ridiculous. THIS way must be a million times better. thanks len! yes we find it is a very simple and effective way of doing things, no engineering degree needed. then when it is full of deceased flies some ducqe tape over the holes and into the garbage then make new traps. snipped saying here is my traps kept catching flies & stayed smelly, but haven't got "full" yet. i've still got packets of smelly-fly-attractor stuff that i've never had to break open yet. (?) suppose if the bottle where able to decompose it might be the go but as for say cutting the to off and scraping out waht is in there it is a very smelly putrid affair. our current traps are working a treat so far heaps of flies in them and lots less aussie saluting to be done. kylie With peace and brightest of blessings, len & bev -- "Be Content With What You Have And May You Find Serenity and Tranquillity In A World That You May Not Understand." http://www.lensgarden.com.au/ |
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