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How to catch houseflies? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by 13esq@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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The weather has finally warmed up here and now there plenty of super annoying houseflies. They're way to fast to swat and have an annoying habit of landing on you.

I've tried Google's suggestion of water/vinegar and a bit of dish soap in a bottle, but they don't seem to go for it at all.

I'm up for trying anything, please make suggestions!

Edit: Thank you to all for your suggestions. So far I've tried the idea of spraying them with surface cleaner which appears to work well

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[–] rumschlumpel 34 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You'll catch some flies (and various other insects) with fly paper. The good thing is that it doesn't smell.

Never heard of houseflies going for vinegar, AFAIK that's for fruit flies (and even that is rather tricky IME).

[–] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's apple cider vinegar that works, regular vinegar doesn't really work well.

Osage oranges also are great for fruit flies.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

I set by the compost bin a little glass half full of apple cider vinegar with a couple drops of dish soap, covered in cling film with numerous large holes punched through. Takes care of all of the fruit flies.