"Catch 'Em" Kit Kills Flying Pests

"Catch æEm" Kit Kills Flying Pests MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Pest Animals 28-4-44 Tired of flies circling around your head while working outside in the summer? So was William Ebbeling, Guilford, Maine. He decided to do something about it. Ebbeling says insect repellants keep bugs from biting but even the best repellants don't make them go away. So he came up with the idea of catching them on a cap coated with a sticky, non-toxic goo. It's not pretty but he says it's 99 percent effective. The "Good Bye Catch-Em Kit" consists of a hard hat, a container of the special "Good Bye" coating, a pair of gloves, applicator brush, bouffant cap, and 5 plastic throw-away caps that fit over the hard hat. You can either put the goo directly on the hard hat and wash it off later (along with the dead bugs, of course) or you can put the disposable plastic caps on over the hat and throw them away once they're covered with bugs. Ebbeling says the goo is made of mineral oil and fragrances that attract black flies, midges, deer flies, horse flies and sweat flies. He does all the testing himself. Sells for $24.99 plus about $5.00 S&H. Goodbye coating is available in 2-oz. containers for $4.95. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, William Ebbeling, 11 Field Road, Guilford, Maine 04443 (ph 207 564-7361).

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