I hate fly traps due to the killing of flies and other insects what are your thoughts?

Sticky tape outside and bag traps outside there are also sticky tape traps inside.

Do you have a farm or something so those traps are used outside? I’m not familiar with big properties, so I can’t comment on how people deal with things when they have a lot of fruit trees for example, but you can say that using local species who would eat flies will be more efficient, e.g. making b…

We have sundews and butterworts (Drosera & Pinguicula) in the kitchen window to control flies. And I’m disappointed that this thread wasn’t about Dionaea. :( Sticky traps are fine for enclosed areas and around places where you’re spending time or working. Most outside locations catch many non-tar…

Having worked in a wild animal shelter for quite some time I detest those sticky fly traps. We had more than one case of bats gotten trapped by that (yes, inside of flats where bats flew in the open window). just as an example https://thefurbearers.com/blog/fly-trap-catches-terrorizes-and-injures-…

I love my flytraps but I don’t think these are the kind y’all are talking about… [VenusFlyTrap11]

I think “close up and clean out” can be effective. Window and door screens doors are a good line of defense. Are there a lot of animals in the vicinity? Keeping the nearby yard clean of animal waste may help (not sure that’s possible if you live near a forest or farm). Since I’ve always lived in …

I don’t like those sticky tape fly traps because they don’t care who gets stuck. Seen quite a number of geckos basically get trapped and starve to death/severely injure themselves trying to get the seemingly free meals (aka stuck insects). The only upside I see from this is that it makes it very eas…

unless you are collecting the specimens for a survey or identification/donating to a museum or collection, I think sticky traps are a bad idea. they’re inhumane and as others have said anything that lands on them is toast. there are better methods for getting rid of flies in your home. if you are tr…

http://pza.sanbi.org/coleus-neochilus This is supposed to deter flies, if you lay cuttings on windowsills. Haven’t tried it. Perhaps you would have a local herbal plant to use?

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blastcat June 23, 2021, 5:23pm 12

Thank you all for the suggestions/feedback I might finally be able to convince my mom not to use sticky traps. Also, we have a farm so we have thousands of flies.

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Thoughts on fly traps

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