Post by renegadespiritcat on Aug 7, 2009 11:04:22 GMT -5
Pennies H2O and a ziplock baggy
I received this from a relative of mine and thought I would share it with you
all in case any are having fly trouble! Helen
FYI
We went with some out of town friends to Sweety Pies on Sunday for breakfast,
and we sat in the enclosed patio section beside the house. We happened to
notice a couple of 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! Ms Sweety 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! More comments not included here were about pet dogs and fly problems.
Zip-lock water bags
Sue says:
Many people swear that a zip-lock bag filled half-way with water and attached
over entry-ways will repel flies. No one yet knows how or why it works, but
there is speculation that it has something to do with the way the moving water
refracts light. If you have tried this please use the comments form at the
bottom of the page to share your results with the rest of us.
ann Says:
October 5th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
I did tried the ziplock bag and pennies this weekend. I have a horse trailer
with full LQ. The flys were very bad this weekend 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:
September 20th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
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 but
significant 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
sort of other insect nest and are threatened by this.
maggie Says:
June 7th, 2009 at 11:40 am
I swear by the plastic bag of water trick I have them on side porch ( our house
entry) and all around the basement door. 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.
Just DJ Says:
May 16th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Regarding the science behind zip log bags of water? My research found that each
of 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 basically 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 ant thought these "hillbillies" were just yanking my city boy chain
but I tried it, worked immediately! We went from hundreds of flies to seeing the
occasional one, but he don't hang around long
I received this from a relative of mine and thought I would share it with you
all in case any are having fly trouble! Helen
FYI
We went with some out of town friends to Sweety Pies on Sunday for breakfast,
and we sat in the enclosed patio section beside the house. We happened to
notice a couple of 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! Ms Sweety 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! More comments not included here were about pet dogs and fly problems.
Zip-lock water bags
Sue says:
Many people swear that a zip-lock bag filled half-way with water and attached
over entry-ways will repel flies. No one yet knows how or why it works, but
there is speculation that it has something to do with the way the moving water
refracts light. If you have tried this please use the comments form at the
bottom of the page to share your results with the rest of us.
ann Says:
October 5th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
I did tried the ziplock bag and pennies this weekend. I have a horse trailer
with full LQ. The flys were very bad this weekend 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:
September 20th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
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 but
significant 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
sort of other insect nest and are threatened by this.
maggie Says:
June 7th, 2009 at 11:40 am
I swear by the plastic bag of water trick I have them on side porch ( our house
entry) and all around the basement door. 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.
Just DJ Says:
May 16th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Regarding the science behind zip log bags of water? My research found that each
of 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 basically 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 ant thought these "hillbillies" were just yanking my city boy chain
but I tried it, worked immediately! We went from hundreds of flies to seeing the
occasional one, but he don't hang around long