We are inundated with blackflies in the spring and my wife can't do her gardening. Can you use this outdoors and will it work on blackfies?
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Fruit Flies and Gnats wiggle their way free, so I doubt blackflies would get stuck. Tiny whiteflies will stick to the trap, but not much else. I haven't used them outdoors, so I'm not sure how well they work other insects. The local home pest control sells little glue boards made to catch spiders. Those things seem to catch anything. I've seen several large house flies stuck to them, so they should work if you can find them.
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I use these in my portable greenhouse and wow they fill up quick with black flies and knats.I also use the fly strips and they work great.I just don't use anything like that outside.The best stuff for outside is yard guard.It is a spray and I use it in the bushes and trees that all bugs hide in.
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I don't know what type flies we have in Arizona, but it traps them. If black flies are attracted to smells they will probably go in the trap. Works very well here.
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I bought this to kill bed bugs and cockroaches as an alternative to chemicals sprayed throughout my house. I don't know about outside use.
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I too have a manicured yard with many plantings, it will not harm plants. I do not spray near any of my water fountains or bird fountains. I am not sure about mosquitos but Im sure it will kill them due to all other pests seem to disappear when I apply. Keep away from pets and food areas. I spray crawlspace, attic, exterior of home parameter and garage only. just fyi. good luck
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CynthiaI am not sure as I use it outside around the garden in the summer.Critter Ridder does work inside.David
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If you have mosquitos it will attract the ones around and the zapped should take care of them. Im out by a farm and we have thousands of bugs and it works. Az shouldn't have too many so it should work well.
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I think not. It is for outside use only, and you wouldn't like the smell. Smells terrible that is why it draws the flies.
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We tried this a few times and did not work at all for us. We have pretty thick mosquitos. We did the entire lawn where we hang out.
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I put a couple in a small barn for bat control only and it worked great for the first year, so we will see about this year... I use to get a few birds flying into the barn, but since you asked, I realized they are not there anymore. Great!! I was concentrating on Bats, so if you want birds to stay, I am not sure it would work, but if you can call the supplier, they are very helpful. Good Luck Duane Mitch
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I'm not really sure. I wouldnt think so because its for inside use for roaches and other isects. But then again it may, because during the winter I usually get lady bugs in certain parts of my house on the ceiling but since I have installed the bell & howell I didnt see any. So it may just work for mosquitoes.
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Gaetano, We have seen a wide range of flies attracted and captured by the trap. In general these would be in the family referred to as "common" or "filth" flies. No doubt most are black so I could easily say yes, they'll capture black flies. But there are many black flies it won't catch like black biting flies commonly found up north. I think the easiest way to understand what kind of fly this trap will capture is to think about flies as being attracted to either garbage or to animals. The ones attracted to garbage will readily be attracted to this trap as well. And yes, many of those flies will be black. But it will also catch other kinds of flies with a wide range of colors. As for the flies that are attracted to people and animals looking for a blood meal? This trap won't help with that kind of a fly problem. Cheers, Jonathan Customer Care U-Spray Bugspray
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It should work fine on a small garden. I only use it inside my house, garage, and enclosed back porch because it rains a lot here, and the rain will wash away the application. Since you water a garden, you may have to use a lot of the product quite often.
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Jay,My understanding is it will work as long as it can be sprayed in cold weather. I use an old Windex bottle with the "Stream" setting. I sprayed our shrubs in early winter and have not had any problem with the deer this year. You may want to brush off as much snow as possible before spraying. Good luck and Happy New Year from Northern Maine.Bill
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No. If you use the Rat Zapper outside, you need to put it inside an enclosure, where it will be safe from rain, wind and snow. It works by electrocuting the critters, and it you leave it outside, the rain would short it out.
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Yes! We had a regular black snake that loved visiting our yard because of the moles. He was rather large but one application of this around our fence we did not see him again. BUT...you have to keep reapplying it. If it rains for certain sprinkle a new line. If you go out and the "mothball odor" seems to have disappeared reapply. Wear gloves when you sprinkle or better yet pour this bag in a hand held spreader for an even line of snake away. We have used this for over 8 years now and would say for sure it works on all snake on the Eastern side of the US.
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They definitely don't work for mosquitoes in backyard so I would not recommend them for any other type of insect. There were flies, yellow jackets, etc. all around. It was not a repellant, more like an attractor. Hope this is helpful.
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I don't know. I use it on my roses for the Japanese beetles and it seems to work well if I keep up the applications. Never heard of it working on crane flies.