OGIGA
Dead Leaf Mantis
The weather here recently warmed up a little bit so the house flies are out and about (outdoors). I think I found out a really funny way to catch and deal with houseflies.
Armed with an empty water bottle with a little bit on honey in it, I went outside to look for flies. When I saw some flies standing on leaves/blades of trees/bushes, I put the water bottle over the fly (sometimes unsuccessfully) and the fly starts flying around inside the bottle. Once it discovers the honey, it starts eating the honey and stops trying to escape. With the fly busy with the honey, I just catch other flies the same way. Most of them don't end up escaping after entering the bottle.
After I take them inside for a few minutes, they seem to be unable to fly. I don't know why, but it makes them so much easier to manage. Maybe honey causes houseflies to stop flying. Anyway, I just feed them to my mantises and my mantises seem to love it.
I've tried this twice and it was amazingly easy. No traps to set up, no smelly stuff to deal with, no maggots to manage. Anyone else want to try it out?
Armed with an empty water bottle with a little bit on honey in it, I went outside to look for flies. When I saw some flies standing on leaves/blades of trees/bushes, I put the water bottle over the fly (sometimes unsuccessfully) and the fly starts flying around inside the bottle. Once it discovers the honey, it starts eating the honey and stops trying to escape. With the fly busy with the honey, I just catch other flies the same way. Most of them don't end up escaping after entering the bottle.
After I take them inside for a few minutes, they seem to be unable to fly. I don't know why, but it makes them so much easier to manage. Maybe honey causes houseflies to stop flying. Anyway, I just feed them to my mantises and my mantises seem to love it.
I've tried this twice and it was amazingly easy. No traps to set up, no smelly stuff to deal with, no maggots to manage. Anyone else want to try it out?
