My basic trap


It consists of seven normal household items,
and it is made with glass, steel and tin.

When you purchase an original Flyman Flytrap and you use and see how effective it is, you will wish that you had thought of it first. My design also makes it a virtual impossibility for the trapped fly to escape. This has to do with my “inverted reflector” and the fact that the common housefly has approximately 4,000 individual lenses in their eyes. Imagine, having eyes with 4,000 lenses to see with and being “blinded” by a simple thin sheet of reflecting tin?
The best time to set my traps is in the very early spring of the year. The reason for this is that 70% to 95% of all fly larvae and pupae will die over the winter season. Therefore it stands to reason that by trapping the much smaller numbers of flies that survive into the early spring will make it much easier to reach your goal of practical elimination of houseflies from your property. It is in fact that very reason (and practice) that allows us to enjoy a “virtual, no (house)fly zone” around our two-acre property.
Even though we quit raising puppies for sale, we still own ten dogs and it is nice to be able to have pets of your choice and not be beleaguered with the pestilence of houseflies.
Suppose it is the middle of summer and your own property has fly populations that (even by using my traps and bait) would make it an impossible task to reach that coveted “no housefly zone,” should you still use them? Absolutely and for at least two reasons; get a jump on killing the fly population before winter and (perhaps) kill large numbers of flies that could be carrying some sickness to one of your pets or family members.