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How to catch houseflies? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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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[–] DecentM@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Glass cups work unfailingly for me. As far as I know they don't see very well, so once, I tried slowly lowering one over them, and have been doing it since. Nothing else needed, just wait for it to land near you on a hard and even surface. They so far have not noticed it until the cup was fully down. After catching one, I slide a thin paper/something under the cup, and take the whole thing outside to release it.

[–] bebopnbones@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah this is my method as well. Glass cup, very slowly descending from directly above them and they don't seem to detect it.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 months ago

Hmm. I'll have to try going slow. To date I've gone fast just because I figured they'd notice at some point.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 months ago

Junk mail finds a rare purpose in those moments, especially for big bugs where the thickness is desirable rather than an annoyance.