By Terry Orr
(Too interesting not to share)
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 windowsill, 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.
#3Says:
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 present 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.
(Photos
from Google)
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