The flies are no longer attracted to the trap - same place, fifth trap. I live in the Caribbean. Are they on to me?
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Depends on how long you've had it up - ours worked great til it got full and then we replaced it with a new one. BUT, we're not where you are - we're in the Thumb of Michigan. Bought a couple extra for this summer and I'm going to get more.
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Man, don't have an answer for you. THAT is certainly interesting. I wonder where exactly you are at in the Caribbean and what types of flies are abundant in your climate zone. Maybe the flies were "checking out" the new smell and were attracted to the Big Bag. Now, it sounds like they have moved on!
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Sorry, I do not have an answer for that without knowing the circumstances. Maybe the traps are not filled with enough water ?? I never had problems with any of mine. Wish I could be of more help...
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Try hanging it in a slightly different place, fifty feet or so away if you can. I have had mine hanging in different locations along the length of a fence between my house and a horse, ahem, "rescue" operation that never cleans the tiny pasture. The effectiveness of the traps has varied widely by location along the fence. Once I found the hot spots, that's where they have stayed.
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Cathy, You are correct. The trap uses a mix of pheromones that can get quite "stinky". Outside you may notice it when you're within 5 feet or so of the trap. Inside the home? I'm sure you'd be able to notice the smell a lot further away and I can't imagine it would be acceptable.Cheers,JonathanCustomer CareU-Spray Bugspray
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I agree with bird class. The more flies inside the trap, the more flies are attracted to the trap. It can smell pretty bad, so I keep it a good 20 feet from the house. I usually discard the trap when it is about 3/4 full. I left one hanging too long and the plastic bag ripped away from the plastic top and fell on the ground, spewing dead flies and stench.
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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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Put out 2 traps, 1 in front & 1 in back about 30-40 feet from house. When traps were full, we replaced. It took about a month for them to get about 2 inches of dead flies.
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FYI - Mine started doing this after almost 4 years...We just disassembled and found a family of flies living in motion sensor - like 10 of them, alive. Dumped them, put it back together, and the strobing has stopped. FLIES! REALLY? yes...
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I think it does attract flies from all of my neighbor's backyards. I wish everyone on the block had one of these. I don't think this is actually a problem because it does trap them very effectively and I do not see any flies other than right at the trap.
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Well vented but don't let The bins get to thick with debris. Nothing bothering mine other than worms and a little smell. Maybe you're putting to much compost debris in the bin at one time? it's taking too long for the worms to eat it so therefore the flies have something to deposit their eggs upon. I wouldn't hesitate to call the worm farm and ask him any questions, if you haven't done so yet.
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sorry, just my cattle. I've noticed a huge reduction of flies culminating on cattle horns.
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Have not seen the traps attract anything but "normal" flies. Once you it get the trap filled with flies, however you may also find ants scavenging the dead flies. Fireflies are a completely different family of insects, so they should be fine.
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We had some fruit flies at first but we made a trap and keep it next to the bucket. After about a week - no more flies. Just take a container with a lid, poke a small hole in the lid, put 1 tsp of honey and 1/8 cup of cider vinegar in the container. Put the container (I use a jelly jar) close to the bucket. Or get a commercial trap - Gardens Alive sells one.
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I'm very surprised. I added "attractant", hung it out and caught several. You could try adding hamburger or soda. I know they are attracted to soda cans if left out.
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The holes are cut on an angle and they can't fly sideways I guess. I've had my trap attached for 3 weeks i've caught 35 bees so far. Caught move than 35 last year.
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I'm just a customer who bought this. In my opinion you should be able to use apple cider vinegar to kill the flies. My fly trap status worth 30 flies in it at all times.
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I've been using these the past two summers and "full" is a moving target. The flies keep coming until the trap is disgusting (one experiment convinced me of this). It seems the decay of other flies just attracts more. I live where it gets very hot and the liquid evaporates within 10-14 days. I've been using that as my gauge to change traps. They are always FULL when I take them down and throw them away. This may not work for squeamish people, but as I said, the trap is most effective when there are already a lot of flies in it.
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I don't believe so. I never saw a housefly in the trap. The method of attraction isn't aimed at houseflies.
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Oh no, yuck. They are stinky in order to attract flies and once flies fly in and die it gets even stinkier. I put it about 30 feet from our house in the backyard at beginning of spring when flies are hatching and have to change it a month later due to smell (occupancy). They work to keep the fly population down, we don't have nearly as many anymore as used to be around here.