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    Old 04-28-2012, 03:01 PM
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    Originally Posted by JUNEC
    & am loving it - FL is beautiful this time of year

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

    Various comments when you google this,,, worth a try now that spring is in the air !

    ZIP LOCK BAG - Good tip!

    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 ocscasional one, but he didn't hang around long.
    Thanks so much for sharing! I'll be using this one and sharing with my horse friends!
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    Old 04-29-2012, 06:58 PM
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    It sure is worth the try, and when it works i will be flying high, thank you so much for the tip.
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    Old 04-30-2012, 04:24 PM
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    It seems to work on Knats as well!
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    Old 04-30-2012, 07:10 PM
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    oops!!! I meant Gnats!
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