How to catch fruit flies. How to make fly traps: Flycatcher options, from glue to electric. Plastic container trap

Turn the bottle over. Insert the upside-down neck inside. If you cut it off carefully, it will fit completely inside.

Connect the edges. The easiest way to do this is with a stapler 3-4 times along the entire diameter, leaving approximately the same distance between the staples.

• If you are making a trap with children, staple the two pieces yourself. If you don't have a stapler, there are two more ways to join the edges.
• Tape or duct tape can be used, but the material must be waterproof. Wrap tape around the edges 3-4 times.
• You can also use superglue or regular glue, but it should also be water-repellent. First, apply a little glue to the edges of the bottle, and then insert the upside-down neck inside. Use your fingers to push it down and press the edges. Keep the edges connected until the glue dries.

Make a mixture of sugar and water. Place five tablespoons of sugar in a saucepan. Place the pot on the stove. Spread the sugar evenly so that it completely covers the bottom.

• Pour in enough water to cover the sugar. Bring the mixture to a boil.
• Stir the mixture well. When the sugar dissolves in the water, you get a sweet liquid, but if the water boils, you get a syrup, that is, a more concentrated bait. Let the liquid cool slightly.

Spoon the liquid into the neck of the bottle. Try to smear the edges of the neck so that the flies stick to the sugar right at the entrance to the bottle.

Use other baits. You can slice the apple and push the pieces down the neck. A piece of meat or a few tablespoons of aged wine will also work. You can simply mix the water with sugar or honey.

Add vinegar. If you decide to use liquid bait, add a few tablespoons of vinegar, preferably white. This will scare off bees and other unwanted insects.

Place the bottle in the sun. This will speed up meat decomposition and make the bait more attractive to flies. This will also allow the liquid to evaporate, creating a substance that will attract insects. Praise yourself for the work you've done.

With the arrival of August - the time of ripening of most fruits, such unwanted insects as fruit flies appear in the house. Inconspicuous fruit flies begin to attack all fruits and vegetables as soon as they lie down for a while. How to get rid of them without harming yourself, you can find out by reading this article.

Where do fruit flies come from in the house?

These insects are eternal companions of man, they feed on spoiled, rotten foods, which are in abundance in humans. Only with a massive harvest, constant stay in the house of vegetables and fruits, fruit flies becomes a lot. They multiply intensively and lay eggs on food. Since the eggs and larvae are very small, humans cannot notice them on the fruit. Leaving the purchased watermelon or apples with pears, you can see the fruit flies the next day, actively interfering with the usual way of life.

How to get rid of

If you cannot remove the reason for their appearance, as well as hide all the products, then you can use the following means:

1. Trap from the can. Place the bait on the bottom (a piece of fruit or juice, compote). Make a paper funnel with a small hole. Glue the joint with tape. Place with the pointed end of the funnel down. Leave it overnight. In the morning, cover and throw out the "harvest".

2. Trap from a plastic cup ... Take a glass and put the bait on the bottom. Cover the top cling film and make several holes with a thick needle. Place it near the fruit flies' habitat. After a few hours, discard the glass with the caught flies and make a new blank.

3. Batch trap. Put the bait in a new bag with high walls, leave for a while. When the insects fly inside, quickly close the bag and take it out of the house.

4. Sticky tape. Coat the fly catching tape with wine or sour compote. Drosophila will fly to smell and stick.

5. Bottle with the mixture. Pour juice or compote into a small glass bottle with a narrow neck. Add soapy water. Leave in the place where the flies accumulate. They will fly inside, but cannot rise.

Here are some practical tips to help stop Drosophila infestations in your home:

• When the fly has started up in pots with flowers, you need to stick several matches into the substrate with their heads down. The midges will disappear.
• You can catch fruit flies with a vacuum cleaner if they get in the way and fly a lot.
• If there are mosquito plates, then you can stick them on the window, from the sunny side. The smell will kill the flies.
• To avoid the reappearance of these insects, you need to remove all the fruits in bags. Do not leave food leftovers on the table. And spoiled products should be disposed of immediately.

Drosophila appears in the house very easily, but getting rid of it is not easy. If you apply the proposed methods correctly, you can get rid of these insects in a few days. But the best thing is not to give a reason for fruit flies to appear: do not leave food for a long time "unattended."

Summer is the favorite time of the year for most people in our country. But there are also some unpleasant moments that appear with the arrival of warm days. And one of these moments is the invasion of flies and mosquitoes. They buzz unpleasantly and carry various diseases.

How to get rid of these harmful insects? Available from the store chemical agent... But there is plenty of chemistry in our life. There may be allergies to various aerosols, especially in children. Therefore, many people prefer homemade devices.

The main types of homemade traps

Bait. The principle of the bait is to lure the fly into an enclosed space from which it cannot escape.

Poison traps are similar in design to conventional baits, but their purpose is to kill insects, not just bait.

Electric shockers and electric shocks. Shockers kill insects with an electric shock. The nets attract flies with bright light, and then they are dragged into the trap by an impromptu fan.

Let's take a closer look at how you can make the most common fly traps with your own hands.

Plastic bottle

This is the easiest fly trap to perform. It is necessary to cut off the upper part, and pour a couple of glasses of water with honey diluted in it into the lower part. Mix well.

Can be applied alternative option bait - liquid jam, compote or beer. Turn the upper part of the bottle upside down and place it in the lower one.

The neck should be several centimeters above the water level. This design will not allow the pest to get out.

Glass jar with funnel

We take a medium-sized jar and place the bait inside (the options from the first example will do). We install a funnel on the neck of the can. You can start operating.

Both of these traps can be turned into poisonous by adding insecticide to the liquid bait.

Plastic container

This version of the trap with your own hands is suitable for fruit flies (another name is fruit fly), because they are small and, accordingly, can easily crawl into small holes.

We put the favorite fruit fly delicacy - spoiled fruit - into the container. We cover with cling film so that it fits snugly to the edges, and we make several holes in it.

You can use a glass instead of a container. In principle, any trap will be effective for fruit flies as long as spoiled fruit is used as bait.

Trap for giving

If you are not lazy and spend a couple of hours of time, you can create it yourself effective trap for flies, which was used by European colonizers when they moved to Australia. She is different large size and high efficiency.

To make an Australian fly trap, we need wooden blocks, fine mesh metal grid, small studs or construction stapler, thin wire.

We make a cube-shaped frame from the slats. If you have an unnecessary square base stool, simply remove the seat from it and the base for the trap is ready. We tighten the side walls of the frame with a mesh and fix it with a stapler.

Above you need to build a lid from the net so that it is convenient to get the catch. Next, we make a pyramid from the mesh. Cut out four isosceles triangles (the base of the triangle is equal to the length of one side of the cube). We connect the sides of the triangles with a wire.

Cut off the top of the pyramid to form an “entrance” for flies. We fasten it along the perimeter of the bottom with a cone inward. Such a trap will be especially effective in the country where there are a lot of insects. You need to put a fragrant bait under it and wait.

The fly flies to the bait, and after eating, it tries to take off and gets inside. The fly does not know to fly out through a small hole. Her fate is sealed.

Velcro trap

To create such a trap, we need thick paper, liquid rosin, sweet liquid and castor oil. Cut the paper into strips of suitable width and length. We mix all the ingredients, heat up and apply the composition to paper.

If necessary, make a loop of thick thread. The Velcro is ready. Instead of this composition, you can use commercial insect and rodent glue.

Another option for Velcro is an adhesive-backed CD. It is necessary to tie a loop to the disc, put jam or honey on the surface and put in the freezer to make the composition more viscous.

Ultraviolet Flashlight Trap

You can make the Velcro more complex. To make it, you will need any unnecessary can, for example, a can.

We glue the outer surface with electrical tape, and then remove it so that a sticky layer remains on the surface. We attach a flashlight inside. Insects attracted by the light will stick to the jar. The option is suitable for small individuals.

Stun gun

We need a high-voltage module, an energy-saving light bulb (preferably a spiral shape), a battery, a switch, electrical tape, glue. We disassemble the light bulb into its components. We get the cap and flask. We don't need a plinth.

IN plastic cover cut a hole into which we pass the switch. We pass the module itself into the lid and solder it to the switch, the switch to the battery. We attach the module to the lid with hot melt glue.

The battery can be secured with electrical tape. Drill two holes in the cone, into which we pass a piece of aluminum wire. We wrap each one around the bulb so that they do not touch. We cut off the excess.

At the base of the bulb from the inside, we see two wires. We connect one of them to the end of the aluminum wire. Inside the bulb there are two free contacts: the second end of the wire and the "native" wiring from the light bulb.

We connect the high-voltage module to these contacts. We put the lid on the cone. The shocker is ready. It needs to be hung in a place where insects accumulate.

Electric jump

Necessary elements for creating an electric pump: a small motor (10-20 W), a light bulb, two cans of different diameters, a battery, a round flat plate, an aluminum plate (2 x 10 cm), two metal strips, clips (screws, screws, epoxy glue , rubber ring), nylon bag.

We cut out the blades from the aluminum plate and bend them, as for a fan. We make a hole in the center, put the blades on the motor shaft. We fix it with glue.

We fasten the bulb holder with screws to the board. We connect the cartridge with the motor starter. We place the structure in a jar of a smaller diameter and fasten it with screws so that the blades are a couple of centimeters below the edge of the jar. Cover the base of the cartridge with a second can.

We put on a nylon bag on the lower part of the device and fix it with an elastic band. We connect the battery. Done. Of course, electric fly traps are more difficult to implement, but their effectiveness is quite high.

You can give preference to one of the types, or you can apply several different homemade traps... An integrated approach will be more effective. However, when using any insect repellent, do not forget to be clean and remove food from the table on time.

Photo of traps for flies with your own hands

There are a huge number of various fly traps from domestic, imported manufacturers. They differ in the principle of operation, design, efficiency, price. You can easily make a fly trap with your own hands from improvised means or with minimal financial costs.

Types of traps, principle of operation

Fly traps do not harm human health, are environmentally friendly, and are not inferior in efficiency to purchased drugs. The devices are easy to use, they are sold throughout the warm season throughout affordable price... There are tons of tips on the internet for making homemade traps effortlessly.

Popular types of traps are:

• insecticidal fly exterminator;
• ultraviolet destroyer;
• electronic fly swatter;
• window fly trap;
• bait trap.

In the process of selecting a trap, it is imperative to take into account the radius of influence, the area of \u200b\u200bthe room in which the device will be used.

• Ultraviolet fly exterminators are lured with ultraviolet light. Flying up to the device, the insect receives a discharge of current from the grid behind which the lamps are located. When flies die, they accumulate in a pull-out tray that is easy to clean.
• A fly trap is made on the basis of a container with a bait inside. Does not consist of poisons, others harmful substances... Once trapped, the fly cannot get out. Some types of traps are supported by a thermal effect or emit carbon dioxide to mimic human breathing. This is how pests are attracted.
• The electric swatter is a subspecies of fly killers. The principle of operation is identical. Due to the glow, it attracts insects to itself, after which it kills them with a current discharge. The device is safe for people to use.
• Window fly traps are made to fit. A sticky compound is applied to both sides of the trap. One side of the trap is attached to the window, the other duct tape attracts flies to itself. It is recommended for the best effect to cling to windows from the sunny side of the house. Change as insects stick. The manufacturer indicates that such a device is enough for six months.

On a note!

The principle of operation of absolutely all traps is to attract insects. The destruction process itself is different. They attract flies with warmth, smells, light. Based on the mechanism of action of purchased devices, structures, you can make them yourself.

They are conventionally divided into two types - baits, Velcro. You need to put a favorite treat of flies inside the baits. They use jam, rotten fruits, vegetables, honey. It is better not to use fish, meat because it quickly begins to emit a fetid odor. For flies such aromas are a joy, but it is impossible for a person to be near such bait.

You can show ingenuity, come up with your own effective design.

Electric fly trap at home

In most cases, the device is bought, but you can make it yourself.

You will need:

• housekeeper light;
• high-voltage module;
• insulating tape;
• hot glue;
• finger battery.

Manufacturing process:

1. Disassemble the light bulb so that there is a plastic case, a bulb with tubes that are attached to the case.
2. Make a through hole in the plastic, take an aluminum wire, thread it through one of the holes.
3. Wrap the wire around the light bulb, remove all unnecessary. Do the same with the second hole.
4. There are 2 wires inside the base. Wrap one on the tip of the wire and bend, there will be 2 contacts.
5. Connect the high-voltage module to the finger-type battery through the switch.
6. Make holes, insert the switch, the module into the case.
7. It is necessary to solder the wiring, wrap the soldered module wires to the battery with electrical tape, and glue the module to the base with hot glue.
8. Insert a light bulb into the base so that the contacts touch the contacts of the module, screw in and turn on the device.

On a note!

Flying into the light of an electric trap, pests upon contact with it will be struck by a current discharge. The method is very effective, but also dangerous. Not recommended for use near small children, pets. There is one drawback - as soon as the battery runs out, the device needs to be redone. Not everyone will want to mess around with preparing a complex structure. Most people prefer to buy a ready-made appliance.

Popular commercial fly traps

When choosing effective means pay attention to the following products:

• Destroyer Pomel DUO LT-60 (Poland). A trap that uses removable sticky paper cartridges instead of electrical discharge. By emitting ultraviolet light, it attracts insects, which, when ingested, stick to paper. Due to the absence of a spark, this destroyer can be used on explosive objects. It receives power from a 220 V network. In the middle there are 4 lamps of 15 W each, 2 replaceable sticky paper cartridges. Dimensions of the device 350x470x120 mm. The price is about 2000 rubles.
• Light trap Economy 14 w (Poland). Effectively fights flies, mosquitoes. Inside is an adhesive paper cartridge. Insects, flying into the light, fall into the trap, immediately sticking to the trap. Ideal for children's rooms, bedrooms, kitchens. Range of action up to 40 sq. m. Powered by an outlet. The parameters of the device are 65x280x330 mm. The cost is about 2500 rubles.
• Destroyer N'oveen IKN-36 IPX4 (Poland). The principle of operation is the same as that of other exterminators. Suitable for indoor and outdoor use. It is waterproof, so destruction takes place even in rainy weather. For the best effect, you need to hang it away from other light sources at a height of up to 2 m. The radius of action is up to 120 sq. m.Dimensions 510х135х310 mm. The price is about 3000 rubles.
• Vaco window trap (Poland). Fastened to the window with the adhesive side. Insects are attracted by the pheromones that come from this trap, and when sitting on it, they stick tightly. Change as the tape sticks to flies. Valid for up to 6 months. The price is about 50 rubles.

What traps to use indoors: purchased or homemade - an individual solution. It is necessary to focus on efficiency, safety, ease of use. The electric fly trap is more powerful, but also the most expensive for the price.

Having noticed flies, you should not immediately try to destroy them, it is better to follow the insects to find a problem spot in the house. Midges love wet, dirty places, and you need to carefully inspect possible problem areas in your home:

1. In the kitchen, it is worth inspecting the cabinets with stocks of cereals, homemade preparations, perhaps something has deteriorated, and this is where Drosophila started. Forgotten food waste, rotten fruits or vegetables attract gnats and they multiply rapidly.
2. Pay attention to plumbing, sewerage, vents.
3. In living rooms, flies are most often chosen for living in aquariums with stagnant water, cages that contain pets.
4. Ground flies affect indoor flowers, you just have to overdo it with watering. Rotten particles form in the soil, and midges instantly settle here, affecting the roots of the plant.

Before taking drastic measures to combat domestic insects, it is necessary to clean the house to prevent further breeding of midges. It is necessary to remove all perishable food in the refrigerator, check the cabinets, rinse the shelves with soapy water, treat the water supply and sewage with special means.

Especially you should take care of pets, aquarium with fish, and also check indoor flowers.

Advice: having found earthen midges, the plants are carefully examined, the damaged and rotten parts are cut off and the flower is transplanted into fresh soil.

A gnat trap will get rid of insects in the house

The prospect of using insecticides to kill insects in the home attracts few. Although these drugs are of low toxicity, if there are small children, animals with allergic diseases in the house, then it is better to refuse to use them. Safe methods are worth trying, and the midge trap works quite well.

Advice: you can buy commercial traps, for example, "Raptor" with a liquid-bait that attracts insects, they get to the area covered with a sticky substance, where they die.

Often there is no opportunity to purchase a ready-made device, then it is better to make a trap for midges with your own hands, which will help get rid of uninvited guests... Available home remedies can be used to make it.

Here are five ways to make simple fixtures yourself: