Tip to keep pesky flies away!

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KittenCal
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Tip to keep pesky flies away!

Post by KittenCal » Wed May 23, 2012 7:51 pm

Went with friends to a home on Sunday for breakfast and sat in the patio section beside the house. 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! they 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
Ann Says:
I tried the ziplock bag and pennies this weekend.. I have a horse trailer. The flies were bad while I was camping. I put the baggie 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!


Danielle Martin Says:

Fill a ziplock 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.

Maggie 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.

DJ 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.

Donna
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Re: Tip to keep pesky flies away!

Post by Donna » Wed May 23, 2012 8:11 pm

Really! I have never heard of this. I'm going to try this. My next door neighbor has horses and the horse flies are awful. Thanks for the tip.

HeatherFeather
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Re: Tip to keep pesky flies away!

Post by HeatherFeather » Wed May 23, 2012 11:17 pm

I am going to try this! Thanks for the info.

Engrossed
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Re: Tip to keep pesky flies away!

Post by Engrossed » Thu May 24, 2012 2:42 pm

Wow...I'm going to try this...my Hubby is a fly magnet, and we're going camping a lot this summer. Thanks! :D

Bergy
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Re: Tip to keep pesky flies away!

Post by Bergy » Fri May 25, 2012 2:03 pm

Never heard of it so thnks if we have a fly problem this year So simple too
Thanks Kitten

Mary
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Re: Tip to keep pesky flies away!

Post by Mary » Fri May 25, 2012 2:41 pm

We buy slow cooked barbeque from one of those open-only-mornings-on-two-days-a-week portable kitchens that closes when it sells out (and they always close early). They hang the bags at the service window and swear that flies are never a problem.

Bobbie
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Re: Tip to keep pesky flies away!

Post by Bobbie » Sat May 26, 2012 9:26 pm

Well, "hot damn" -- it's a glorious feeling to know that, at my age, I can still learn new things!! :o :o :o

Gerry
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Re: Tip to keep pesky flies away!

Post by Gerry » Sat May 26, 2012 9:48 pm

Bobbie wrote:Well, "hot damn" -- it's a glorious feeling to know that, at my age, I can still learn new things!! :o :o :o
Helloo Bobbie - just when we think we may have heard and seen it all!

Good to see you - been missing you! :D

Bobbie
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Re: Tip to keep pesky flies away!

Post by Bobbie » Sat May 26, 2012 11:14 pm

Gerry wrote:
Bobbie wrote:Well, "hot damn" -- it's a glorious feeling to know that, at my age, I can still learn new things!! :o :o :o
Helloo Bobbie - just when we think we may have heard and seen it all!

Good to see you - been missing you! :D
Hi Gerry! I do check in from time to time -- it just seems we've neen pretty busy. But I'm trying to spend a bit more time here!!!!! Thanks for missng me!!! ;)

kberry
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Re: Tip to keep pesky flies away!

Post by kberry » Mon May 28, 2012 2:40 pm

Think I might try this in the cattle barn and by the feeder!
;)

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