Fly trap – why is it not working?

Witht he recent nice weather the flies in our conservatory are already starting to do my head in.

I’ve made one of these:

and baited it with a a syrup made form 1 part sugar to two parts water. Why isn’t it working?!

Diabetic flies?

no idea but these are cheap and work really well

Might be wrong kind of bait for the flies, syrupy stuff is good for fruit flies , you may have a totally different variety.

flies seem to like poo, or dead things – try those

This is what you need, ‘I pity the fly’

You’ve made a wasp trap.

Have you put some yeast in? That helps apparently

The “zero calorie” on the side of the bottle might be a clue. Why would a fly bother with something that contained no sugar ?

Do you think that salt gun would take down a wasp ?

You need a venus fly trap and/or any other type of carnivorous plant. Just add water and let nature take its course.

I would have a look on Maplins for a UV insect zapper. I picked one up for £20 last year. Well worth it. Snap, crackle, pop.
Anyone for Eccles cake?

I have a cheap UV fly killer from Lidl. It’s killed about 3 flies in as many years. What you need are spiders.