Window Screen Fly Trap "Really Works Well"

Window Screen Fly Trap "Really Works Well" MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Pest Animals 29-5-10 Seventy-seven-year-old Alvin Findlay says he got the idea for his flytrap from his father, who used the same design. "He made one years ago. It works better than anything you could imagine," says the Snowflake, Manitoba man. It consists of a 2-ft. square wood cube covered with window screen. A 4-in. dia. inverted cone is set in the bottom. There's a finger-sized hole in the bottom of the cone where it extends up into the cube. You set the wire cage on a couple 1-in. boards so the flies can get under the cone, and place something smelly like an empty salmon can under the cone to draw the flies. "Set it in a sunny place that's sheltered from the wind. It really works," Findlay explains. "In an hour's time, it's not unusual to have hundreds of flies inside." The flies go up the cone and can't figure out how to get out. "Everyone should have one of these traps in every corner of their pasture because the cattle go stand in the corners and the flies gather there," suggests Findlay, who doesn't bother to empty out the trap. The decomposing flies just attract more flies. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Alvin Findlay, Box 114, Snowflake, Manitoba, Canada R0G 2K0 (ph 204 876-4716).

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