Naturally we were curious.
Hanging plastic bags filled with water.
It s easy enough to find these materials and ingredients.
Hanging plastic bags filled with water will repel flies.
The water filled bags.
Plastic bags half filled with water and containing a few pennies might seem like odd outdoor decor if you ve never encountered them before.
The owner told us that these baggies kept the flies away naturally.
When mike stringham professor of entomology at north carolina state university investigated the use of clear plastic water bags as a fly deterrent he encountered just such a situation.
The bags were half filled with water each contained four coins and they were zipped shut.
The main problem people encounter is that the plastic bags filled with water and coins aren t especially attractive.
Snopes ruled it neither true nor false.
Stringham conducted a 13 week field trial by installing commercial water based optical fly repellents on two egg farms.
But if the idea of the contraptions hanging around your home doesn t appeal to you other alternatives are available.
Interested parties have suggested placing venus fly traps around the home for instance.
Diy fly fighting tips shared online involves the following.
They note that the rumor to which skip refers about using some type of hanging plastic bag containing water to repel flies is very prevalent down south but in most variations the bags contain only water.
See example s we went with some out of town friends to sweety pies on sunday for breakfast and we sat in the enclosed patio section.
Clear plastic bags filled with water dangling in doorways or on porches or patios may seem like strange decorations but people actually hang these bags for a reason.
Yet you can see these contraptions all over the american.
The idea is that flies have poor eyesight and water filled bags create some type of optical illusion that scares them away.
Ziploc bags full of water and pennies don t act as a homemade fly repellent.
Hanging a plastic bag filled with water can effectively repel flies.