bug deterrent =Zip Lock Bag - Give it a Try!]

May 7, 2010

i'm going to try this i live across from a barn and cow pasture i'll let you know how it works in a few weeks > > > ZIP LOCK BAG - Good tip!> > We went with friends to Sweety Pies on Sunday for breakfast and sat in the> patio section beside the house. 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! 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 Google. Below are comments on this fly control idea. > I'm now a believer!> > >

Zip-lock water bags> > Ann Says:> I tried the ziplock bag and pennies this weekend.. I have a horse trailer.> The flies were bad 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!> > > Danielle Martin Says:> > Fill a ziplock 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.> > Maggie 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.> > DJ 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.>