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I started thinking about something similar last summer to deal with aggressive flies from a nearby farm. Perhaps it's possible to make something that's kinda s
by tpmx 6y ago
I started thinking about something similar last summer to deal with aggressive flies from a nearby farm.
Perhaps it's possible to make something that's kinda safe for eyesight if you make it track and light up the fly/mosquito for e.g. 50 seconds instead of 0.5 seconds.
- BrandoElFollito 6y agoOr shoot only horizontally at 1 cm from the ceiling. Sooner or later the mosquito/fly will be there as well
- maxerickson 6y agoDid you try a fly trap jar yet? You hang it out behind a shed or garage, the lid has a little maze that they crawl into and then they can't find their way out. My parents always used https://www.bigstinkyflytrap.com/ https://www.bigstinkyflytrap.com/ . It definitely caught a lot of flies, which can be different than catching enough flies of course.
- tpmx 6y agoI'm in Sweden. That one doesn't seem to be sold in the EU. Interesting...
- michaelbuckbee 6y agoWe had a small but persistent issue with flies hanging out by our garbage cans so I purchased one of these fly traps with bait. It worked far too well. Within a day it had attracted flies from a large surrounding area. The nearly filled jar of flies had a presence I can only describe as "Stephen King-esque" just buzzing with raw malevolence. If you think one large black fly can make quite the noise I invite you to listen to a 1000+ angry flies in a jar. And while many were certainly capture - an equally abhorrent number were all over the cans and the side of the house. So a mixed experience.
- tpmx 6y agoUgh. The method I devised to get rid of these large black flies from indoors: Open a door and simply herd/walk them out by making yourself big. It's surprisingly easy - so much easier than trying to swat them. They seem to instinctively avoid things moving towards them, and because of that they're pretty easy to herd.
- CodeWriter23 6y agoTarget “shooting” with a canister vacuum provides a decent fun:efficiency ratio.
- tpmx 6y agoThat's a fun idea - I'll try it this this upcoming summer.
- CodeWriter23 6y agoJust make sure to block their exit when you put the vacuum away.
- dTal 6y agoRelatedly - if you need to get a light-seeking insect (such as a moth) out of a room, you can just turn off all the lights and open the window. In general, people look at you like a wizard when you exploit the behavior of a creepy-crawly to get it to do what you want. For example you can catch a spider quite easily by placing a drinking glass in front of it and nudging its behind. It will panic-run forward into the glass.
- tpmx 6y agoI'm sure there's a fantastic book published in like 1878 containing these tips and lots more we haven't thought of yet.
- jfroma 6y ago
- CodeWriter23 6y agoAlso, a mason jar with about a half inch of sugar water as bait and a sheet of letter size paper rolled into a cone with the small aperture in the jar works pretty well.