“Water Bottle” Fly Trap

“Water Bottle” Fly Trap FARM HOME Miscellaneous An ordinary water bottle can be used to make a simple fly trap that will greatly reduce your fly population says Dave Meiners Edgerton Minn He mixes one cup of sugar and one cup of vinegar with a half gal of water and fills the bottle half full A small wire is used to hang the bottle with the lid removed under a tree As the mixture ferments flies and other insects enter the bottle and drown “It’s cheap to set up and costs nothing to operate ” says Meiners who has 7 of the traps set up around his place “I usually empty the bottles every 2 or 3 days making sure not to dump the mixture on our lawn because the vinegar will kill the grass We live on an acreage with no livestock and I’m sure that anyone with livestock would catch even more flies It’s important to keep the trap in the shade because if it’s out in the open it won’t be nearly as effective ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Dave Meiners 1582 61st St Edgerton Minn 56128 ph 507 829-1215; davemeiners123@gmail com

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