Make an ecological fly trap
Get rid of flies and mosquitoes in a simple way and without causing environmental disturbance
The housefly, the common one that appears at home from time to time, can be dangerous. Despite appearing harmless, it spreads disease by contaminating food after "walking around" dirty places or infested by microorganisms. They also bother animals, which can suffer not only from stress, which also bothers us, but also from diarrhea, salmonella and others (learn more details).
Not to mention the problems that mosquitoes and the dengue mosquito can cause.
Right. But what to do to eliminate these insects without contaminating the environment? An effective way is the use of fly traps made with PET bottles, which in addition to not using harmful chemicals, reuse materials. Learn how to make a fly trap that is ecological and very simple.
fly trap
Necessary materials
- 200 ml of water;
- 50 grams of brown sugar;
- 1 gram of biological bread yeast (found in any supermarket or bakery);
- 1 2 liter PET bottle;
- 1 scissors or stylet;
- Black masking tape or something black to cover the bottom of the bottle;
Procedure
- Cut a plastic bottle in half;
- Mix brown sugar with hot water. Wait for it to cool down. Once cool, pour the contents into the bottom half of the bottle;
- Add the biological yeast to the bottle;
- Punch a hole in the bottle cap so that there is a place for the flies to enter;
- Place the funnel part, face down, into the other half of the bottle (bottom part);
- Wrap the bottle with black tape, just on the bottom, and place in a ventilated place. Your fly trap is ready!
