My simple four-ingredient DIY solution will catch flies in your home – you will see results in just 30 minutes
A LOVER of all things DIY has shared her simple solution for catching flies in your home.
She said it will only take four ingredients and you will see results in just 30 minutes.
“I can’t vouch for everywhere else but in the south flies are such a pain in the d*ck so let’s get rid of them,” the life hacker (@southernescape) began her TikTok video where she shared her tip.
“You’re going to need sugar, water, and apple cider vinegar.
“The sugars optional but I’m gonna tell you to go for it.
“You’re going to add a teaspoon of sugar, a fourth a cup of apple cider vinegar, top off the rest of your cup with water.”
She put a plastic cover on top of the cup and put a rubber band over it to secure it.
“If you’re wanting to catch gnats you can add a squirt of dawn dish soap and stir it up a little bit,” she explained.
“They’re going to love those bubbles, they’re going to dive right on in.”
She shared that some people have questioned her method and whether or not it truly works.
“For the flies I have had a few people tell me this does not work.
“Well I’m going to tell you right now. I’m not going around collecting flies to put in a cup of apple cider vinegar to make y’all think it works.
“Frankly I don’t care that much.
“But look, you need to put this in a sunny place.
“I think that’s where you’re going wrong. Cause everyone else is telling me that this works great for them.”
After some time passed the DIYer showed how many flies were caught by her contraption.
“So this is after 30 minutes, and I’m going to go ahead and show you what it looks like after being out for 24 hours and you are going to be shooketh. Are you ready?”
After 30 minutes a good amount of flies were caught.
But after 24 hours there was an abundance of flies in the trap.
She showed the plastic-covered cup which had a large amount of flies in it.
“Girl, what? That’s disgusting,” she concluded.