This is really weird – banish flies with bags of water

Posted in Uncategorized on July 30th, 2010 by NumberSix

I recently walked into our local neighborhood office, and noticed that there was a small baggie of water hanging above the doorway. Upon asking what this was for, I was told that it was to help keep flies out. It seemed very strange but had to note that there were no flies in the office, and the door was wide open. Normally there would have been at least a couple flies buzzing around in there. Being curious, I had to try it. So at my grandmother’s house I put a small baggie of water above both doors in her dog room. She lives on a farm, and the door to the outside is normally left open to allow the dogs free access. For the last two days I have noticed that that room DOES NOT appear to have ANY flies flying around in it – not normal for a room that has animals staying in it.

The theory is that the refraction of the light through the water causes the flies some kind of problem/distraction for the flies. All I can say is that at this point, the anecdotal evidence is that it does work. I’ll post more as I do more experiments. I look forward to hearing any theories, stories around this.

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