With summer officially here, many of us open the windows to keep the air circulating and keep our homes cooler.
Pesky flies often welcome themselves into homes and they are an absolute pain to get rid of. However, there is a quick - and cheap - fix to keep the flies at bay.
Common house flies are attracted to decaying organic filth such as rotting meat, whereas fruit flies look for sugary substances and feed more commonly on overripe fruit, spilt fizzy drinks and alcohol.
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But one TikTok user has shared a video titled "How to get rid of flies", as reported in the Express.
Ceith Griffith said: “I’ve been getting this question a lot so I’m going to show you the best way to get rid of flies inside your house, on your porch and wherever you’ve got flies.
“I’m going to show you a guaranteed way to kill them.” For this hack you’ll need a plastic water bottle, sugar, honey and water.
In a video, the TikTok user instructed: “Get a plastic bottle, any plastic bottle will work and cut the top off. Then add four tablespoons of sugar into the plastic bottle.
“Then add one tablespoon of honey to the bottle.” To finish add three ounces of water to the solution and mix the ingredients together.
Ceith added: “Then place the top half of the bottle upside-down on the bottom half of the bottle. Just to show you guys that it works, in a matter of five minutes, there’s already several flies that it caught.”
The TikToker showed his viewers the dead flies floating around in the mixture just minutes after testing out this hack. The mix can be left inside the house or on a surface in the garden or outside area.
This is a great natural way to get rid of all types of flies without using chemicals. What’s more, it’s a cheap solution as sugar can be purchased from Asda for as little as 55p.
Flies smell the bait and fly into the bottle to get to it - either to lay eggs or to feed. Once inside, they are easily trapped as they fly down the neck of the bottle.
The pests will become trapped because they can't navigate back up the narrow opening or they will be unable to fly if their wings get wet.
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