Through the eyes of a fly

Definitely worth reading if your plagued with flies .......


With summer coming around the corner, the fly is standing in line to attack everything that does not move, especially our dog. The natural fly killer is something we prefer more than a commercial fly killer, and are always looking for something that works to get rid of each and every fly within range of the dog kennels, patio, yard and inside the house. However, something we never knew existed was the zip lock bag of water as an indoor fly killer and an outdoor fly killer. Not too long ago we received an email about a popular natural fly killer that costs about four cents -- depending on where you shop. After that, it is history with the zip lock bag and a natural fly killer for our dog.

A zip lock bag of water as a natural fly killer?



In the kitchen we hung three half-filled zip lock bags of water, with four pennies in each bag. There. We had our natural fly killer up and were waiting for the flies to land — somewhere but on the dog waiting patiently below the zip lock bag to see what would happen next.

We had tied the closed bags with a twine and hung them (with most of the air removed) in varied corners in the kitchen, porch and outside patio. Within one hour, over 3/4 of the flies were gone. How it happened, we do not know. But try it yourself….do not take our word for it. You will be surprised. There are lots of natural fly killer methods out there, but none are as cheap as the zip lock bag filled with water and four shiny pennies at the bottom!
REVIEWS OF THE FLY REPELLENT BAG:

We went with some out of town friends to Sweety Pies on Sunday for breakfast, and we sat in the enclosed patio section beside the house. We happened to notice a couple of zip lock baggies pinned to a post and a wall. The bags were half filled with water, each contained 4 pennies, and they were zipped shut. Naturally we were curious!

Ms. Sweety told us that these baggies kept the flies away! So naturally we were even more curious! We actually watched some flies come in the open window, stand around on the window sill, and then fly out again. And there were no flies in the eating area! This morning I checked this out on Goggle. Below are comments on this fly control idea. I’m now a believer! ~ Deb



Many people swear that a zip-lock bag filled half-way with water and attached over entry-ways will repel flies. No one yet knows how or why it works, but there is speculation that it has something to do with the way the moving water refracts light. If you have tried this please use the comments form at the bottom of the page to share your results with the rest of us. ~ Sue

October 5th, 2008

I did tried the ziplock bag and pennies this weekend. I have a horse trailer with full LQ. The flys were very bad this weekend while I was camping. I put the baggie with pennies above the door of the LQ. NOT ONE FLY came in the trailer. The horse trailer part had many… Not sure why it works but it does!!!!!!! ~ Ann

September 20th, 2008

Fill a zip lock bag with water and 5 or 6 pennies and hang it in the problem area. In my case it was a particular window in my home. It had a slight but significant passage way for insects.Every since I have done that, it has kept flies and wasps away. Some say, that wasps and flies mistake the bag for some sort of other insect nest and are threatened by this. ~ Danielle

June 7th, 2009

I swear by the plastic bag of water trick I have them on side porch ( our house entry) and all around the basement door. We saw these in Northeast Mo at an Amish grocery store & have used them since. They say it works because a fly sees a reflection & won’t come around. ~ Maggie

May 16th, 2009

Regarding the science behind zip log bags of water? My research found that each of the millions of molecules of water presents its own prism effect and given that flies have a lot of eyes, to them it’s like a zillion disco balls reflecting light, colors and movement in a dizzying manner.

 

Anyone tried this yet ?

 

No, I've not heard of it before but will give it a try sometime. I wonder if it would work on flower beds to keep greenfly etc. away.

 

this is wonderful news! I am guessing it has to do with the copper the coins are made of.

 

Well I am going to give it a try not that we have many flies just the odd one now and again. But one is one too many!

 

Yes, I tried it yesterday, I get a lot of flies in my kitchen, attracted to the cat food/dog food and as I keep fish I cannot use any sprays.
Well, I cannot believe how well this worked, I didn't have any zip lock bags but any watertight bags serve the same purpose. I hung the bag up at my back door half filled with water and with 4 pennies in it, unbelievably within about an hour I had just 2 flies that I could see!!!!!!!!!!!! by teatime I couldn't see any and I was able to sit and have my food without constantly brushing them away. I would have made up more but I ran out of pennies.
So THANK YOU Doug, my kitchen is fly free at last!!!!!!

Val

 

If this is shown to work well, I wonder if it can be adapted to scare mozzies away from the pond, or if that might also scare away dragonflies.

Do the bags have to be somewhere that catches the light?

 

Just think the reflections/prisms within the water makes it work......
Was going to give it a try using tubes of polythene .... Sounds crazy I no but ........as a collar for the horses .... Been playing with some ready made ice cube bags........ Cut into lengths... Piece of string on each end and tie loosely around ggs neck ... If this works will make millions of pounds as a business ..........

 

Did you put pennies in each one?

Val

 

Have been lucky so far only seen about half a dozen flies in house so far and the same for wasps but they have'nt been on house.

 

I'm going to try this. Our conservatory gets filled with flies when we have to open the windows to let some of the heat out. I've found a couple of horse flies in there as well, don't want them anywhere near us or the cat, after seeing their bites on other people...

 

Was workin ok till I hit the bag with the glasses on the top of my head

 

Why was there a bag with glasses Zig? And why head butt it?

 

I've got to give this a go.....i'll start first thing with the chicken Run

 

Whoops zigs ....should I have put a disclaimer in my post......... If you wear glasses on your head .... No responsibility will be taken .............