What up Fam..
This was my very first fly trap design before I went the with the mini laundry bag (actually I found the packaging it came in and it's for washing bra's lol)
I tried it once but a few things didn't quite work out so I tossed it to the side but something told me to hold on to it.
Anyway... Here's what I learned from the laundry bag.
The Good:
As far as trapping flys it works
The Bad:
It wasn't just a simple cut and glue project it actually took a little knowledge of sewing that my wife helped me out with.
I had to stick the entire bag in the fridge to make rhe flies dormant and with it being 90% mesh whatever stinky bait I used smell bleed into the fridge making it unpleasant.
When sitting the bag in the fridge it would collapse and almost fold over so retrieving the flies became work in itself almost like a treasure hunt looking through the folds and crevices with a minute on the clock because the flies would become active again...Let's just say I had my share of flies roaming free in the house lol
It got to the point where I would just dump everything into another container bait included and cover it with a top and place in back in the fridge for a while so I can pick out the bait before dumping the flies into the container I keep them in til feeding time.
This last attempt gave me an idea because I noticed 2 things...
1. The more bait the more flies I caught
2. With it being mesh the scent was stronger and helped with attracting more flies as well. (I guess also obvious)
So I grab the orginal design and did 2 things, Drilled small holes all over amd removed the wire mesh replacing it with cloth mesh... For some reason the wire mesh became rusty because it was from a food strainer... I think acid from the apple cider vinegar and decaying food did it or it could have just been a cheap because it came from the dollar store.
Here is the final product.
As u can see it's just a tall Tupperware with a lock on top that I drilled a hole in to fit the top of a wide mouth bottle... I also glued a 22 ounce top for the other end.
I used ... One for the top & the body which I cut almost in half and added the mesh for the botton/floor, the 2nd one for the bait itself and the 4th to keep clean and sit the top half in to placein the fridge.
This thing works BEAUTIFULLY!!!!
I just remove the top half that's housing the flies and place it in the clean body and put it in the fridge and remove the top and dump the flies into their temporary home.
Here's pics.
If u want or need more info hit me up!
This was my very first fly trap design before I went the with the mini laundry bag (actually I found the packaging it came in and it's for washing bra's lol)
I tried it once but a few things didn't quite work out so I tossed it to the side but something told me to hold on to it.
Anyway... Here's what I learned from the laundry bag.
The Good:
As far as trapping flys it works
The Bad:
It wasn't just a simple cut and glue project it actually took a little knowledge of sewing that my wife helped me out with.
I had to stick the entire bag in the fridge to make rhe flies dormant and with it being 90% mesh whatever stinky bait I used smell bleed into the fridge making it unpleasant.
When sitting the bag in the fridge it would collapse and almost fold over so retrieving the flies became work in itself almost like a treasure hunt looking through the folds and crevices with a minute on the clock because the flies would become active again...Let's just say I had my share of flies roaming free in the house lol
It got to the point where I would just dump everything into another container bait included and cover it with a top and place in back in the fridge for a while so I can pick out the bait before dumping the flies into the container I keep them in til feeding time.
This last attempt gave me an idea because I noticed 2 things...
1. The more bait the more flies I caught
2. With it being mesh the scent was stronger and helped with attracting more flies as well. (I guess also obvious)
So I grab the orginal design and did 2 things, Drilled small holes all over amd removed the wire mesh replacing it with cloth mesh... For some reason the wire mesh became rusty because it was from a food strainer... I think acid from the apple cider vinegar and decaying food did it or it could have just been a cheap because it came from the dollar store.
Here is the final product.
As u can see it's just a tall Tupperware with a lock on top that I drilled a hole in to fit the top of a wide mouth bottle... I also glued a 22 ounce top for the other end.
I used ... One for the top & the body which I cut almost in half and added the mesh for the botton/floor, the 2nd one for the bait itself and the 4th to keep clean and sit the top half in to placein the fridge.
This thing works BEAUTIFULLY!!!!
I just remove the top half that's housing the flies and place it in the clean body and put it in the fridge and remove the top and dump the flies into their temporary home.
Here's pics.
If u want or need more info hit me up!
