2022 - Volume #46, Issue #4, Page #30
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Bug Ball Captures Flying Insects
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Jones says his father-in-law invented the Bug Ball by experimenting with various ideas for catching Florida’s irritating, biting yellow flies that plague the southeast each spring and early summer. Female yellow fly bites inflict a swollen and itchy welt that can become infected.
Jones says the Bug Ball is also effective against horse and deer flies, common throughout much of the country.
The Bug Ball creates a non-DEET, non-pesticide and non-electric solution to fly problems. It uses the natural attraction that flies have to heat and moving black objects. It catches them with an organic sticky coat adhesive. Each inflatable ball is made from heavy-duty, weather-resistant black PVC. A molded loop on the top allows for hanging with or without a rope.
“We recommend hanging the ball in sun or light shade, so the ball heats up,” Jones says. “It’s the heat and movement of the ball that attracts flying insects. They’re attracted because their infrared vision fools them into thinking the ball is a food source. Once they land on the ball, they’re stuck and die from dehydration.”
The company’s top selling product is the Bug Ball Complete Kit ($54.99), which contains three Bug Balls, a 10-oz. aerosol spray-on can of Catch Em’ sticky coating, three inflation needles, three 12-ft. poly ropes, and three 2 1/4-in. S hooks. The company recommends three Bug Balls per acre. The Bug Balls are effective in greenhouses, pool areas, backyards, gardens, animal stables or shelters, orchards, barns and cabins. The Bug Ball should be hung from a rope or a shepherd’s hook 4 to 5-ft. off the ground.
The company’s product line also includes a yellow-ball kit for gnats and other insects attracted to yellow, red apple-maggot traps, and a blue Deer Fly Ball.
In addition to the Catch Em’ sticky coating aerosol 10 oz. spray, the company also sells an 8 oz. Catch Em’ Brush-On sticky trap coating, which is messier to apply than spray but more effective in trapping flying insects, according to customer testimonials.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Bug Ball, Inc., 1841 Industrial Drive, Panama City, Fla. 32405 (ph 850-866-7698; www.bugballkit.com).
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