Flip the top over, and stick it back into the bottle’s base to form a funnel. You can glue it or tape it, but it should rest in there snugly on its own.
Fill the bottom of the container with a bit of water (a couple inches is enough, just leave a gap between the bottom of the “funnel” and the water).
Add some smelly bait (a bit of raw meat or fat), and a drop or two of liquid dish soap. The dish soap clings to the flies wings, and traps them a bit better.
Remember: flies like sweet and smelly things. So the sweeter and smellier, the better. You can use anything you have hanging around, but these are all work well):
Sugar water or honey water
Fruit– especially slightly rotten or overripe fruit. Bananas and strawberries work beautifully.
A bit of raw meat, such as a pinch of ground meat, or trimmings from a steak
Fresh animal manure (if you have a pet, its easily sourced)
Or all of the above (yuck)
And remember– the longer it sits, the better. So don’t hesitate to let it fester and ferment a bit (yuck, again…)
Set your homemade fly trap in a place where the bugs are driving you crazy and you’ll be capturing flies in no time.
it sounds strange, but real vanilla extract on cotton balls in a mesh bag really works. I use that in my coop to keep the flies down. I don't know why it works, but a lady gave it to me as a folk remedy and I use it to this day. Don't use imitation, and don't add anything, just soak the cotton balls in vanilla and replace the cotton balls once or twice a week
I meandered over because I've had horrible problems with flies on my back porch. I've hosed it down, pressure washed, sprayed commercial products, yet still they congregate on my back porch. As soon as we open the French doors to walk outside, they swarm in.
My guess is they are avoiding the heat in that area in the summer, and then in the fall, they are trying to escape the cooling temps.
I spent one summer in the high desert of CA, and remember the flies on the doors there, too.
Could be dead fly guts, or just her location. Paint the porch floor and ceiling some shade of sky blue to gray. Clean it often. Use fly spray if you will be sitting in it for a while. Best wishes 😇
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Fill some bags or cups with water and drop some pennies inside
HOMEMADE FLY TRAP
A drop or two of liquid dish soap (optional)
Cut the top of the bottle off.
Flip the top over, and stick it back into the bottle’s base to form a funnel. You can glue it or tape it, but it should rest in there snugly on its own.
Fill the bottom of the container with a bit of water (a couple inches is enough, just leave a gap between the bottom of the “funnel” and the water).
Add some smelly bait (a bit of raw meat or fat), and a drop or two of liquid dish soap. The dish soap clings to the flies wings, and traps them a bit better.
Remember: flies like sweet and smelly things. So the sweeter and smellier, the better. You can use anything you have hanging around, but these are all work well):
Or all of the above (yuck)
And remember– the longer it sits, the better. So don’t hesitate to let it fester and ferment a bit (yuck, again…)
Set your homemade fly trap in a place where the bugs are driving you crazy and you’ll be capturing flies in no time.
https://youtu.be/QYQHqKwKZiA
it sounds strange, but real vanilla extract on cotton balls in a mesh bag really works. I use that in my coop to keep the flies down. I don't know why it works, but a lady gave it to me as a folk remedy and I use it to this day. Don't use imitation, and don't add anything, just soak the cotton balls in vanilla and replace the cotton balls once or twice a week
I wonder what is attracting the flies to your porch. To me personally, I would try and locate the attraction, otherwise it will be an ongoing issue.
Could be dead fly guts, or just her location. Paint the porch floor and ceiling some shade of sky blue to gray. Clean it often. Use fly spray if you will be sitting in it for a while. Best wishes 😇