Yeah, my expensive trap is pretty much the same thing as what they said.
Mercy is the mark of a great man. Guess I'm just a good man. Well, I'm all right.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Liese S. - Aug 31, 2010 7:04:28 pm PDT #21477 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Vortex - Aug 31, 2010 7:05:32 pm PDT #21478 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Step 2: Drink wine (leaving about 1/2 an inch at the bottom of the bottle).
damn, guess I'll have to drink a bottle of wine. Good thing I went to TJ's today.
-t - Aug 31, 2010 7:06:00 pm PDT #21479 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You can make a trap with a jar and a funnel (funnel in normal funneling position in the mouth of the jar), also. I used funnels made out of paper so as to have many traps when I had not so many funnels. In my empirical observations, caught more flies with honey, but I understand others have had different results.
megan walker - Aug 31, 2010 7:06:04 pm PDT #21480 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
damn, guess I'll have to drink a bottle of wine.
Do it for the children (of the fruit flies).
ETA: I have tried a number of methods, including plates and funnels, and ingredients, including honey and vinegar. The wine bottle worked far better than the other methods. I actually keep an empty bottle handy and add vinegar if I don't want to make the sacrifice of drinking wine.
-t - Aug 31, 2010 7:09:13 pm PDT #21481 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I bought a pretty glass trap (they call it a bee trap, I think, but I don't want to catch bees, of course) that looks nice hanging from a hook, but it has yet to catch any flies. I have extremely dumb flies, though; they may not have found the sugary bait in their aimless circling around the middle of the patio where there is nothing to interest them, mere feet from the sugary treat-filled trap.
Liese S. - Aug 31, 2010 7:27:52 pm PDT #21482 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Vinegar was ineffective for me. I mean, fruit flies died in it, but just as many as drown if I just put water out.
But the traps have worked really well at keeping the numbers down. And an enterprising spider built its web at the edges of the trap, greatly increasing its efficiency.
billytea - Aug 31, 2010 7:38:50 pm PDT #21483 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Vinegar was ineffective for me. I mean, fruit flies died in it, but just as many as drown if I just put water out.
What sort of vinegar did you use?
Not that I know anything about this, Victoria is fruit-fly free.
Trudy Booth - Aug 31, 2010 7:44:06 pm PDT #21484 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Am I to believe that people are catching more flies with vinegar than with honey?
My world, she is shaken.
-t - Aug 31, 2010 7:46:00 pm PDT #21485 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You catch more flies with honey, but liquor is quicker?
Cass - Aug 31, 2010 7:53:48 pm PDT #21486 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
And an enterprising spider built its web at the edges of the trap, greatly increasing its efficiency.
Smart spider!