Summer is the favorite time of year for most people in our country. But there are also several unpleasant aspects that appear with the arrival of warm days. And one of these moments is the invasion of flies and mosquitoes. They buzz unpleasantly and spread various diseases.
How to get rid of these harmful insects? You can buy a chemical at the store. But there is already enough chemistry in our lives. There may be allergies to various aerosols, especially in children. Therefore, many people prefer homemade devices.
Main types of homemade traps
Lures. The principle of action of baits is to lure the fly into a confined space from which it cannot escape.
Poison traps are similar in design to regular baits, but their purpose is to kill insects and not just lure them.
Velcro.
Stun guns and electric nets. Shockers kill insects with electric shock. The nets attract flies with a bright light, and then draw them into the trap with a makeshift fan.
Let's take a closer look at how you can make the most common fly traps with your own hands.
Selection rules
In order for the flytrap to fulfill all the required options, before purchasing you need to decide on the subsequent areas of its use.
Traps for mosquitoes and flies are used not only at home, but also at food industry enterprises.
For residential buildings, compact modifications with a power of approximately 6 W are chosen. They provide effective attraction of insects without making any extraneous sounds. Such devices are absolutely safe to use, so they can be installed even in a child’s room.
Electronic killers of flying insects used in the food industry differ from household ones in their larger sizes. They are more powerful. Such devices weigh 2-5 kg. They are hung on strong chains or placed on a stand.
Devices of this type allow you to organize the production process and at the same time comply with sanitary standards. You need to understand that one trap may not be enough. It is advisable to install fly traps not only in kitchen areas, but also in warehouse areas and on open terraces.
Before purchasing an electronic fly trap, pay attention to the length of the wire (usually it does not exceed 1 meter). Based on this, decide on the location of connection and placement of the device
Also take into account the fact that flycatchers equipped with a fan make a little noise when operating, so it is not advisable to buy them for bedrooms, children's rooms and offices.
Plastic bottle
This is the simplest fly trap to use. You need to cut off the top part, and pour a couple of glasses of water with honey diluted in it into the bottom. Mix thoroughly.
You can use an alternative bait - liquid jam, compote or beer. Turn the top of the bottle upside down and place it in the bottom.
The neck should be several centimeters above the water level. This design will prevent the pest from getting out.
Fly-eating plant
I really like the third method of fighting flies. But I can't afford it. It is based on the breeding of flytrap plants. They look very beautiful, catch flies very well, and most importantly, you don’t need to do anything for this. The plant is smart enough and can handle them on its own. I would love to buy a couple of these plants for my home, but I haven’t seen them anywhere in our flower shops. Maybe someone can tell me where I can buy at least seeds for breeding them? One more thing, you need to understand that such home helpers are very poisonous, their juice is very dangerous for humans (if taken orally) and can cause poisoning, so do not allow pets and especially children near them. By the way, mint, lavender, and eucalyptus also repel flies; they should also be grown on the windowsill.
Glass jar with funnel
Take a medium-sized jar and place bait inside (the options from the first example are suitable). Place a funnel on the neck of the jar. You can start using it.
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Both of these traps can be made poisonous by adding an insecticide to the liquid bait.
Preventive measures
In order not to rack your brains about how to get rid of fruit flies or how to remove annoying fruit flies, it is enough to adhere to the usual preventive measures. After all, if midges start to appear, they will then begin to multiply quickly and will soon fly throughout the apartment. To prevent this from happening, you need to do this:
- Always remove trash from the premises on time.
- Clean the drainage areas, using chemicals or even occasionally pouring boiling water over them.
- The trash can, even if you use special bags, should be cleaned at least once a week.
- Products that have begun to deteriorate, even slightly, must be thrown away immediately.
If you follow the above tips, midges can disappear from your life forever and will not irritate you with their presence in the kitchen. When using any methods, folk or modern, it is possible to never encounter such a problem again.
Take an empty soda bottle.
You can use an unnecessary bottle or buy a new one on purpose. Make sure there is no liquid left in the bottle and rinse it with warm water.
Cut off the top of the bottle.
For this you will need scissors. Pierce a hole in the bottle with the tip of the scissors (closer to the middle).
- After making a hole, insert scissors into it and cut the bottle crosswise. Cut off the top completely so that you are left with two pieces - the top with the lid and the long bottom part.
- Try to cut as evenly as possible, otherwise the neck won't hold up when you turn it over.
- You can remove the top with a sharp knife, but try not to cut yourself. If you are making a trap with children, it is better to use scissors.
Turn the bottle over.
Insert the inverted neck inside. If you cut it carefully, it will fit completely inside.
Connect the edges.
The easiest way is to do this with a stapler 3-4 times along the entire diameter, leaving approximately the same distance between the staples.
- If you are making the trap with children, use a stapler to connect the two parts yourself. If you don't have a stapler, there are two other ways to join the edges.
- You can use tape or duct tape, but the material must be waterproof. Wrap the edges with tape 3-4 times.
- You can also use superglue or regular glue, but it should also be water-repellent. First, apply a little glue to the edges of the bottle, and then insert the upside-down neck inside. Use your fingers to push it down and press the edges. Keep the edges connected until the glue dries.
Make a mixture of sugar and water.
Place five tablespoons of sugar in a saucepan. Place the pan on the stove. Spread the sugar evenly until it completely covers the bottom.
- Pour in enough water to cover the sugar. Bring the mixture to a boil.
- Mix the mixture well. When the sugar dissolves in the water, you get a sweet liquid, but if the water boils, you get a syrup, which is a more concentrated bait. Let the liquid cool slightly.
Use a spoon to pour the liquid into the neck of the bottle.
Try to coat the edges of the neck so that flies stick to the sugar right at the entrance to the bottle.
Use other baits.
You can cut the apple and push the pieces into the neck. A piece of meat or a few spoons of aged wine will also work. You can simply mix water with sugar or honey.
Add vinegar.
If you decide to use liquid bait, add a few tablespoons of vinegar, preferably white. This will repel bees and other unwanted insects.
Place the bottle in the sun.
This will speed up the decomposition of the meat and make the bait more attractive to flies. This will also allow the liquid to evaporate, creating a substance that will attract insects. Praise yourself for the work you've done.
Type
Plastic container
This do-it-yourself trap option is suitable for fruit flies (another name is fruit flies), because they are small in size and, accordingly, can easily fit into small holes.
In the container we put the favorite delicacy of fruit flies - spoiled fruits. Cover with cling film so that it fits snugly to the edges and make several holes in it.
You can use a glass instead of a container. In principle, any trap will be effective for fruit flies if it contains spoiled fruit as bait.
What baits are best to take?
There are different types of flies, so you should use specific baits for them. House flies and similar species love sweets most of all. Large species are practically not interested in sugar, so it is better for them to put fresh meat or fish in the bait. Fruit flies may only be interested in fruit, juice or compote. Wasps love sugary sweets most of all, such as honey. Unfortunately, such traps will not help against mosquitoes.
Such devices are very effective. But there is a certain species - fruit flies, which rarely fly inside the jar. The way to make a trap for them will be discussed a little lower. The funnel trap is not suitable for home use. It's all about the unpleasant smell that begins to emanate from the bait after a few days. But if you change it more often, then the trap is quite suitable for indoors.
Sticky trap
To create such a trap, we need thick paper, liquid rosin, sweet liquid and castor oil. Cut the paper into strips of suitable width and length. Mix all the ingredients, heat it up and apply the composition to paper.
If necessary, make a loop of thick thread. Velcro is ready. Instead of this composition, you can use purchased glue against insects and rodents.
Another version of Velcro is a CD covered with an adhesive base. It is necessary to tie a loop to the disk, apply jam or honey to the surface and put it in the freezer to make the composition more viscous.
History of creation.
The first fly stick was made by the Waiblingen confectioner Theodor Kaiser (1862–1930). Over the years, he, like other researchers in other countries, tried to coat cardboard with various syrups to attract insects, but the syrup ran off too quickly or dried out. The idea of wrapping cardboard in a tube and securing it with a cylinder came to him while on vacation in the Czech lands and visiting a local store that sold cardboard. In addition, he and his chemist friend were able to find the optimal combination of various ingredients to produce a sticky mixture that would retain its properties for many weeks in different temperature conditions. In 1910, Kaiser began producing fly sticks under the Aeroplan brand, although the following year it had to be renamed Aeroxon due to disputes with aircraft manufacturers.
Ultraviolet Flashlight Trap
You can make Velcro of a more complex design. To make it you will need any unnecessary jar, for example, a tin can.
We cover the outer surface with electrical tape, and then remove it so that a sticky layer remains on the surface. We attach a flashlight inside. Insects attracted by the light will stick to the jar. This option is suitable for small individuals.
Slug catching device
These insects are active at night. During the day, they prefer to be in shelter: in a compost heap, under stones or in thick grass, hiding from the heat. To catch them, simple traps made from a piece of slate, board or roofing felt are suitable. To begin with, the ground at the site of the future trap is well watered. Then they put any chosen object there and press it with a stone. After two days the trap is checked. The slugs gathered under it are collected and destroyed.
An excellent device for catching slugs can be made from a plastic bottle. It is crushed a little to give it a flatter shape. Then fruit juice, beer or honey diluted with water is poured inside. The bottle is laid flat with the neck open. You can press it down with a stone to be safe. Slugs climb inside at night, attracted by the aroma, but it is difficult for them to get back out.
Another effective slug killer can be made from citrus peels. To do this, cut an orange or grapefruit into 2 parts and scrape the pulp out of half. The remaining peel is placed upside down in the garden bed, where slugs often appear. A hole is made on top so that insects can crawl inside through it. Having climbed under the peel, the slugs remain there until the morning. All that remains is to collect them and destroy them.
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Stun gun
We will need a high-voltage module, an energy-saving light bulb (preferably spiral-shaped), a battery, a switch, electrical tape, and glue. Let's disassemble the light bulb into its components. We get the cap and flask. We don't need a base.
We cut a hole in the plastic cover into which we thread the switch. We thread the module itself through the cap and solder it to the switch, and the switch to the battery. Attach the module to the lid using hot glue.
The battery can be secured with electrical tape. We drill two holes in the cone, into which we pass a piece of aluminum wire. We wrap each one around the flask so that they do not touch. We cut off the excess.
At the base of the bulb from the inside we see two wires. We connect one of them to the end of the aluminum wire. There are two free contacts left inside the bulb: the second end of the wire and the “original” wiring from the light bulb.
We connect the high-voltage module to these contacts. Place the lid on the flask. The shocker is ready. It needs to be hung in a place where insects gather.
An unusual option for fighting is predator plants
Plants that feed on small flies, mosquitoes and other insects. They do not require special care, tolerate unfavorable conditions well and do not take up much living space, but, nevertheless, they fight flies well.
In conclusion, it is worth noting that the reproduction of flies occurs quite quickly, which is why they are extremely popular among biologists. They are an ideal object for conducting many experiments. The genetic code of these insects has many similarities with humans. Thanks to this, scientists have the opportunity to develop new means of combating cancer and hereditary diseases.
To a greater extent, fruit flies are not pests; they process waste and enhance decomposition processes, returning minerals and oxygen to the cycle of substances, but, nevertheless, they extremely poison human life. When used in combination, the remedies proposed in this article will help make life easier and get rid of annoying fruit flies.
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Electric net
Necessary elements for creating an electric net: a small motor (10-20 W), a light bulb, two tin cans of different diameters, a battery, a round flat board, an aluminum plate (2 by 10 cm), two metal strips, fasteners (screws, screws, epoxy glue , rubber ring), nylon bag.
We cut out the blades from an aluminum plate and bend them, as for a fan. We make a hole in the center and put the blades on the motor shaft. We fix it with glue.
We fasten the light bulb socket with screws to the board. We connect the cartridge to the motor starter. We place the structure in a jar of smaller diameter and fasten it with screws so that the blades are a couple of centimeters below the edge of the jar. The base of the cartridge must be covered with a second can.
We put a nylon bag on the lower part of the device and secure it with an elastic band. We connect the battery. Ready. Of course, electric fly traps are more complex in design, but their effectiveness is quite high.
You can give preference to one of the types, or you can use several different homemade traps at once. An integrated approach will be more effective. However, when using any insect repellent, do not forget to maintain cleanliness and remove food from the table in a timely manner.
Reviews
Below are reviews from people who have already used similar devices and are now ready to share their impressions of this process:
- Marina: “In the summer, at the dacha, we often grill kebabs and set tables right in the fresh air; the only thing that can ruin a vacation is a large number of flies. This year we tried to use Raptor traps; just in case, we bought three at once and hung them around the site on tree branches. A pleasant surprise was that they contain not only flies, but also wasps, which often bothered us and the children playing in the area. Now they have actually forgotten that such a problem existed before.”
- Alla: “I always make fly traps myself at the dacha, and they help get rid of most other flying insects with equal success. To do this, I take any plastic containers into which you can pour a little jam, beer, honey or juice. I also add a small amount of liquid soap there so that the base becomes more sticky and the insects no longer fly out. It is advisable to use containers with a not very wide neck, this will reduce the risk of captives escaping if for some reason they do not drown or stick. The product is quite simple and does not require any special costs, but it is no less effective than any store-bought devices.”
- Yuri: “Before, I always used sticky tapes to catch flies, but since I am an amateur gardener, I recently decided to try a new and very exotic way of getting rid of them: I purchased and planted a Venus flytrap in a regular pot. Although it is recommended to place this plant in the sunniest places, I tried placing it close to the trash can in the kitchen, and even in these conditions it does fine. First of all, I was interested in how effective this method would be, but it exceeded all my expectations, there were virtually no flies in the kitchen, they all went to lunch for the Venus flytrap.”
