House flies

[jasper]

I've been using the zappers in the Amazon link below for years.  They burn wings on big stuff. They have survived both children and adults with the same frying delights.  At bedtime, I gently sweep inside the van, then store it close by.  The two outside screens  are ground, and the inside grid is the high voltage.  Fried bug goo trapped from inside to outside will ground out the voltage, and has to be removed.  Forgetting it one trip was a hard learned lesson. So was buying the first one from Harbor Freight that was a disappointment until the one below was demonstrated to me.

Be brave!  Test with something metal held against the outside screen and slid toward the center hot grid.  The loud pop means functional.  For some reason, when I demonstrate that, there have been few takers. Fried bug stink is a wonderful smell.

https://www.amazon.com/stores/page/...da29-54dd-4781-b186-6455f8629ece&ref_=ast_bln

 

[travelaround]

Thanks for the link.

Here's my recipe for fruit flies . . .

A goodly amount of:

apple cider vinegar
dawn dish detergent
something sugary like sugar, fruit juice, jam

Mix and leave in a shallow cup of some kind.

Don't overthink it. There are no exact measurements.

I tried this last night with fruit juice because I had one very tiny fly in the trailer. It worked.

 

[Spaceman Spiff]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned 12V car vacuums.

This is my method of getting rid of flying insects:
 - Thermacell.  If I have a bunch of fliers in the camper I will open the door and turn on a Thermacell for about 10 minutes.  That will usually get rid of most of them.  Works on flies, skeets, bees, wasps, no-see-ums, stink bugs.
 - With door closed, turn on the ceiling fan to high; that will attract most of what is left.  Use car vac to suck up any that are flying around fan and windows.
 - Fly swatter for the few that are left.

I have a friend that uses one of those bug zapper racket thingys.  He mounted it under the ceiling exhaust fan - the little critters follow the air currents and self-immolate.

 

[Scott3569]

I have considered one of those thermacells before.. maybe I will try it