Calling all Experimenters!!! Try this and report back!

[zorgon]

Calling all Experimenters!!!  Try this and report back!

We don't have many flies out here... it's too hot for them... but this is supposed to work. So we need some people to try it out.

Posted by Barb Miller

Zip Lock Baggies...........who knew?

We went with friends to a restaurant on Sunday for lunch and sat in the patio section beside the store. We happened to notice 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! The owner 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 Google.
Below are comments on this fly control idea. I'm now a believer!

Zip-lock water bags: #1 Says: I tried the zip lock bag and pennies this weekend. I have a horse trailer. The flies were bad while I was camping. I put the baggies 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!

#2 Says: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 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 other insect nest and are threatened.

#3 Says:I swear by the plastic bag of water trick. I have them on porch and basement. 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.

#4 Says:Regarding the science behind zip log bags of water? My research found that 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. When you figure that flies are prey for many other bugs, animals, birds, etc., they simply won't take the risk of being around that much perceived action. I moved to a rural area and thought these "hillbillies" were just yanking my city boy chain but I tried it and it worked immediately! We went from hundreds of flies to seeing the occasional one, but he didn't hang around long.

[The Seeker]

it works man been doing that for years, didn't realise it wasn't common knowledge...


seker

[robomont]

i dont believe in it but saw it being used at drive thru window at churchs chicken fifteen years ago.

we need the gov to fund a study.lol

[deuem]

i dont believe in it but saw it being used at drive thru window at churchs chicken fifteen years ago.

we need the gov to fund a study.lol

That's a good idea but I don't know how they would put a trillion dollars in such a bag.

[The Seeker]

it actually works; bugs think it is a hornet's nest; will post the info as to how to apply for a research grant to investigate the matter...


seeker

[ArMaP]

Many people use that here in Portugal, but I never used it, I never felt the need for it.

Now, if you find something to keep pigeons away, I would thank you.

PS: a hawk or something like it is not a practical solution, although it would be an ecological one.

[starwarp2000]

How to Get Rid of Pigeons:

http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Pigeons

[1Worldwatcher]

it actually works; bugs think it is a hornet's nest; will post the info as to how to apply for a research grant to investigate the matter...seeker

So Seeker "Did you just come too this conclusion or are you a Bug/Insect whisperer?" LOL JK But would like too see this research backing this up, I can see how the pennies reflection off the water molecules and the surface of the water bouncing off the bags sides may cause this effect, But how can one know this is the fact of this simple but effective application of how it works, of course without out testimony from the Bugs/Insects.....HA ha ha ha ha ........ Sorry, still get a good visual of your avatar whispering with bug's...LOL Funny, yes?

With Great Respect,
1Worldwatcher

[andolin]

I used Canadian pennies and all I caught were the ones that used to hang around my Labatts Blue bottle caps.

[A51Watcher]

I used Canadian pennies and all I caught were the ones that used to hang around my Labatts Blue bottle caps.

With those pennies I believe they prefer Molsons.   

[andolin]

With those pennies I believe they prefer Molsons.   

The older more mature Musca domestica probably does ...But these guys look like juvies...

[Somamech]

I would love to try this out but it's not fly season here at the moment!

[A51Watcher]

The older more mature Musca domestica probably does ...But these guys look like juvies...

[andolin]

I was born and raised on the NE USA/Canadian border area.....Those two hosers crack me up...Gotta go to netflix and see if the have "Strange Brew"...

[A51Watcher]

I was born and raised on the NE USA/Canadian border area.....Those two hosers crack me up...Gotta go to netflix and see if the have "Strange Brew"...

During one of the Rush tours I attended, the band was playing an instrumental intro, and Count Floyd pops up on the video screen and comes out of his coffin! 





He says "Ok kids, this next song is gonna be REALLY scary, and the effects are going to jump right out at you!"

"But first... you need your 3D glasses!! owwwwwwOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!"


The crowd roared with laughter.