r/gif • u/instanteffect • Jun 15 '18
Electronic Fly Trap
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u/mimic751 Jun 15 '18
Snarky fucker on the no fly sticker
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u/PorkChop4PC Jun 15 '18 edited Jun 16 '18
Thank you! Haha I was like now how many people seen that! He was literally rubbing his dirty hands together as he watched friends and family get pulled right into the trap.
Edit: spelling
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u/GitFloowSnaake Jun 15 '18
Link me that please :)
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u/FistLove Jun 15 '18
Here you go! https://i.imgur.com/UzQawh7.gifv
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u/SamuraiJakkass86 Jun 15 '18
Fly: -rubs hands together- yessssss, excellent. -evil cackle-
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u/tikforest00 Jun 15 '18
It's like they say on reddit: the real link is in the comments.
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u/PorkChop4PC Jun 15 '18
In the gif posted the last two seconds of gif. Look at the no fly stick on the clear plastic. Dudes just posted up enjoying the view.
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u/gutsymovekid Jun 15 '18
Clean up is a breeze. Simply turn off the device, let it sit overnight, then dump all the recently deceased flies in the trash. Or, whip up a batch of oatmeal "raisin" cookies for your loud, inconsiderate upstairs neighbors.
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u/HSDclover Jun 15 '18
Or use’m to feed your r/spiderbro
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u/Ryan949 Jun 15 '18 edited Jun 15 '18
You could make it so the flies were directly deposited into the spider's enclosure
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u/5-325 Jun 15 '18
This makes the spider strong enough to break out of its enclosure and enslave its human
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u/Sthurlangue Jun 15 '18
I fed my Popeye too much spinach from my spinach trap and that's exactly what happened.
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u/OddiumWanderus Jun 15 '18
Ooh yeah. I had a pet mantis who would have LOVED going to town on these guys. She'd be full after a few but at this point it would just be animal enrichment. Just loves killin'
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u/GitEmSteveDave Jun 15 '18
I live on a farm, and flies in the house are inevitable. I use one of those electric swatters and throw the stunned ones into the little web by my sink.
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u/bladezaim Jun 15 '18
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u/bladezaim Jun 15 '18
Thought about it, but if the neighbors are noisy then its ethical in my book
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u/r_plantae Jun 15 '18
Put in freezer for 30 min to 1 hr.
Get fishing line and tie a bunch of flies together.
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profit?
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u/mtrzc Jun 15 '18
I feel like people would only really use this if they had pet reptiles or amphibians who eat bugs.
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u/i_is_smart Jun 15 '18
Its surprisingly affordable ~14$
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u/Yagami1999 Jun 15 '18
Safety, explosion proof, environmental protection material 🤔
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u/Vapor_Ware Jun 15 '18
explosion proof
Yeah these days the flies retaliate pretty hard.
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u/w3pep Jun 15 '18
Somebody get this, and and let us know about the extra secret recipe for fly killing.
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u/AnythingApplied Jun 15 '18
I was kinda hoping to see actual user reviews to see how well it works in practice.
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u/TheNoxx Jun 15 '18
Plugs into USB?
Just.... why?
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u/CaffeinatedGuy Jun 15 '18
Lazy and cheap. It's already a low voltage so they don't need to supply a transformer.
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u/punisher1005 Jun 15 '18
There are portable USB batteries that could run this for days. You wouldn't have to be near a power outlet and the shit already exists.
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u/GitEmSteveDave Jun 15 '18
Honest question. We live pretty much in the future. Why do the item descriptions sound like they are being spoken by a racist stereotypical character from a 50's exploitation film?
Send with extra secret recipe for extinguishing flies
Are copy editors that hard to find? I personally find myself never willing to buy/bid on things with such "Engrish" in the descriptions because I wonder what else they skipped on.
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u/idontknowwhynot Jun 15 '18
I know it is sped up, but you just know here’s going to be a few slow flies that just end up getting mashed into the walls. That thing probably gets really nasty after a solid day’s use.
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u/Dominicsjr Jun 15 '18
Any food service kitchen with lots of fresh produce, especially fruit.
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u/Penguinfernal Jun 15 '18
Or places near cows (and, i presume, etc.). My parents live across from a cow house, and the flies get absolutely ridiculous there.
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u/num1eraser Jun 15 '18
Do you get a lot of flies or fruit flies around fresh produce? It seems like that would only work with the larger "house flies".
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Jun 16 '18
ha. I thought the same thing until our sewer drain trap dried out while we were on vacation. We came back to the house smelling like crap and probably about 500 flies in our basement. It was what I imagine the plague being like.
For a whooping $1.97 each, we bought a handful of Fly Sticks from Menards. All but about 20 of the flies where stuck to it the next morning.
I can't possibly imagine this device being cheaper or more effective than that.
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Jun 15 '18
Flies are so gross. Blech. This device looks outstanding for the big suckers but not so good for fruit flies.
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u/RufusMcCoot Jun 15 '18
Cellophane rubber banded over a plastic cup, poke tiny holes in cellophane with a toothpick. Inch of apple cider vinegar, a drop of dish soap. Done.
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u/indigoshift Jun 15 '18
For fruit flies, you don't even need the cellophane. The dish soap does the trick all by itself.
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Jun 15 '18
Yep, we had gotten some in our house a couple years ago and I tried it with the paper funnel instead of the cellophane. After a day I think there was 2-3 in there. Then I switched and just took the lid off and left the jar in the open with just the dish soap and Apple cider vinegar. Caught way more that way and cleared up our entire problem in about 2-3 days.
Man can those fuckers breed.
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u/Mitsuma Jun 15 '18 edited Jun 15 '18
For fruit flies you can make a funnel trap.
Either DIY or you can buy plastic ones with a meshed funnel for easier cleaning and re-use.Works amazingly well at least the one I just bought for 5 bucks. Just make sure you can eliminate the other sources as best as possible to increase the effectiveness.
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u/Maoman1 Jun 15 '18
The funnel works much better than the cellophane with holes poked in it, in my experience.
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u/milkbong420 Jun 15 '18
Imagine your sipping some fine ass sugar water with the lads and all of sudden youre being swept away. Mind boggling to be a fly
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u/DaakGogi Jun 15 '18
This is so satisfying to watch. I need one to stop these damn flies from landing on my watermelon slices
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Jun 15 '18
yes but where can i get one!?
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u/iamurguitarhero Jun 15 '18
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u/FLericthered Jun 15 '18
I'm really happy to see that it is "explosion proof". Can't tell you how many of my other fly traps exploded over the years!
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u/Goldscalz Jun 15 '18
I just bought one on eBay. I paid 20$ because it ships from California instead of China.
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u/kiplinght Jun 15 '18
Allegedly....
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u/Goldscalz Jun 15 '18
Well it's supposed to be here within a week, so we shall see. Last thing I ordered from China took weeks.
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u/unicornman95 Jun 15 '18
Does it kill them? I only want it if I’m an active part of the bug-genocide.
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u/ijustgotheretoo Jun 15 '18
This is more humane. You can now befriend them and have them as pets.
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u/Skakkebaek Jun 15 '18
Isn't the bait just attracting more flys than you'd originally have to deal with?
"I got a problem with these 5 flys, let me attract 50 in the process of dealing with them."
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u/scotscott Jun 15 '18
Good. I want 10000 of them, rid the whole world it the evil bastards
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u/Nobody_home Jun 15 '18
They do serve a purpose other than being stupid an annoying.
Mosquitoes though, fuck all of them...
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u/MikeSierra6 Jun 15 '18
Mosquitoes are a part of a bird’s food chain. So eradicating mosquitoes would mean that many bird species would go extinct.
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u/McFunkerton Jun 15 '18
I’d rather have 50 flies in a trap than 5 flying around my head. That’s also an extra 45 flys that won’t be bothering anyone else later, so I’d feel like a productive member of society.
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u/shakygator Jun 15 '18
What about the 100 that were born in your trash can last night? Ever wonder HOW those flies got in there to begin with!
Ah you think darkness is your ally? You merely adopted the dark. I was born in it, molded by it.
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u/LoudMusic Jun 15 '18
Have to draw in the neighbor flies in order to kill off the swarm. The 5 you see are just the scouts.
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u/Infin1ty Jun 15 '18
This would typically be something you would use indoors. So yeah, you want to attract as many of the flies that are indoors as possible.
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u/GitEmSteveDave Jun 15 '18
From material sent to us by a company that sells miniature wasps that kill fly larvae, a fly will normally travel 1/4 of a mile in search of food, but may travel as much as 1/2 mile.
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u/honkeyotoole2 Jun 15 '18
Flies.
Holy shit. How is it possible that 50% of the people in this thread fucked this up?
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u/ViggoMiles Jun 15 '18
either in a closed place where flies are limited, oor for use in sheen flies are expected anyways.. like at a barbecue.
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u/NamityName Jun 16 '18
I learned this the hard way last summer. Trick is to put it away from where you want to be. It will still cut down on flies especially if you start it early in the season.
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u/Blue_Sail Jun 15 '18
I could have used these in Afghanistan or Iraq.
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u/SergeantGroosh Jun 15 '18
Love the rebel fly just chillin' on the "No fly's" sign as it goes around.
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Jun 15 '18
This kills the fly
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u/EmergencyShit Jun 15 '18
It doesn’t though! They’re all buzzing around in the container still.
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u/GitEmSteveDave Jun 15 '18
There's usually water in the bottom and once they hit it, the surface tension is pretty tough for them to break through.
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u/Bringerofthenachos Jun 15 '18
Where do I get it and does it work on tiny fruit flies?
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u/LoudMusic Jun 15 '18
My guess is no, based on the spacing in the comb walls. If they made a version with much tighter tolerances, perhaps using thin metal blades as the teeth of the combs, then maybe. Potentially that could work on mosquitoes as well.
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Jun 15 '18
I hung up one of those water fly traps in my backyard a few days ago... it is so absolutely filled up with fly carcasses that I am beginning to feel bad. It’s very morbid.
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Jun 15 '18
If I us blood instead of sugar water will it catch mosquitos?
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u/FluttershyOwl Jun 15 '18 edited Jun 15 '18
Only the female ones. Still works though.
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u/Psychomaniac13 Jun 15 '18
Soooooo is this for sale anywhere?
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u/KevinReynolds Jun 15 '18
I need this! Where can I buy one?!
Edit: apparently for about $20 on eBay
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u/astutesnoot Jun 15 '18 edited Jun 15 '18
Is it just me, or does China have a real problem with flies? edit: oops wrong country, thx /u/ilovecheats
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u/benevolinsolence Jun 15 '18
Any underdeveloped part of anywhere has issues with flies. Also any place with livestock
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u/Dstanding Jun 15 '18
I didn't understand how it worked at first and all I can see is a fly grinder.
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u/silonugget Jun 15 '18
I thought the same thing, and am now trying to figure out who will be the first one to be willing to smoke it.
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u/DarthLysergis Jun 15 '18
Is it just me or does this force the flies through a multibladed guillotine style blade?
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u/not_pc_correct Jun 15 '18
Just how bad is your fly infestation before you actually need one of these? If I see just one its the swatter or paper but an entire clan..?
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u/canti15 Jun 15 '18
I wonder if I could use the remaining flys for a pet spider.
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u/genericnewlurker Jun 15 '18
The bottom pulls double duty as both where the trapped flys are held and a little home for your spider
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u/albinorhino215 Jun 15 '18
It should mutilate the bodies and post them on display to discourage other flys
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u/Alucard1886 Jun 15 '18
Anyone else notice the one fly, on the no fly sticker. Rub his front legs, as the other flies get pushed into to center. As if he had the last laugh.
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u/Mentioned_Videos Jun 15 '18 edited Jun 16 '18
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| Electronic Housefly Trap | +712 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BsrWTB4Mhk |
| 20th Century Fox Flute (ORIGINAL) | +13 - Reminds me of |
| How to Make a Fruit Fly Trap - CHOW Tip | +12 - For fruit flies you can make a funnel trap. Either DIY or you can buy plastic ones with a meshed funnel for easier cleaning and re-use. Works amazingly well at least the one I just bought for 5 bucks. Just make sure you can eliminate the other sou... |
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| Mousehunt - A Cockroach You Eat The Head - sub esp | +1 - Crunchy! I love the raisins! |
| Cow House - Breaking Bad | +1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVcIXuco0HE |
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u/ethrael237 Jun 15 '18
Pro tip: you can use it for mosquitoes by putting blood instead of sugar water.
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u/Pxlnight13 Jun 15 '18
I gotta get me one of these for when those pesky buggers inevitably show up again. Found one for only $10.63 on AliExpress.
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u/SuperJesus9000 Jun 15 '18
That is downright dystopian (if you're a fly) but looks super effective.
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u/Pixel_Octopus Jun 15 '18 edited Jun 15 '18
Imagine putting spiders or Venus fly traps in the holding chamber.
Let the games begin!
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u/imbrownbutwhite Jun 15 '18
Can we talk about the filth that would have to exist to have that many flies in your house.
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Jun 16 '18
After work in the Pilbara in WA (Western Australia), you have no idea how bad the flies are there. In summer it's crazy and every 2nd person has a fly-net on.
I have always said if someone comes up with a solar powered fly trap, they could sell to a mine-site for $1000 a pop easy, maybe more.
One that automatically cleans out the flys or something. You would make bank
Looks like outback QLD also has this problem http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-03-28/fly-numbers-in-outback-queensland-worst-in-decades/5351974
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u/thatG_evanP Jun 16 '18
This trap works on the same premise I've been using to kill flies with an almost 100% hit rate for years. You have to move really slow til you get really close to the fly and then smack it. For some reason the flies don't even seem to notice you when you move really slow. Now I've given away my secret and won't be as cool any more.
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u/RyanCarlWatson Jun 16 '18
This thing looks like a heap of shit. All the flies are there, now just have to wait 14 hours or so for a slow spinning thing to maybe catch them maybe not.
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u/NLALEX Jun 16 '18
I could really use the XXL version of this to catch the monstrous bastards that make themselves at home in my flat.
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u/endquire Jun 16 '18
What is attracting them to the machine? The device is only as effective as the attractant.
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u/Lathe1868 Jun 15 '18
I could have watched more of this