The flies have been pretty bad so far this summer in Perth, Australia.
Posted Dec 14, 2012, 5:44 AM UTC
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A simple contraption that kills actual Australia wildlife! How poisonous is THAT mofo!?
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The flies go in and die. THEN newly trapped flies go in and lay the eggs on the decayed flies. Maggots eat the decay and the cycle keeps going on and on...Good ol' nature!
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Yea, I've read about those things before and learned that after a while, what you get in there is one big'ol fly orgy. The thing probably needed to be cleaned/replaced before this point because you're not really sure how many are caught vs breed in that thing.
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I solve that by topping up the water a little when reqd, and giving it a good swirl around. The 5cm layer of live flies crawling around at the top get sloshed down under a heap of (now wet) dead flies, and a few maggots, and eventually drown.
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What is that contraption called? We sure could use/several one in northern Sweden next summer.
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Just a fairly cheap flytrap - it comes with a powdered chemical attractant/bait which you put in, add a bit of water, then screw on the lid.
There are 4 small holes in the top which allow the flies to climb in, but they can't fly out.
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Yeah but what is it called.
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Envirosafe Flytrap. If you google that you'll find a few online suppliers.
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Its an algae. No chemicals.
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OK cool... All I know is it works a treat. I have two of them that have been hanging out near my aquaponic system for just over 2 weeks and both are almost full.
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Yep, got two aswell. They are brilliant. Bloody stinky though.
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You can make homemade if you use a bottle of Cola, glue, vinegar and wire.
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So, basically the same ingrediens as when you catch drosophilias. Got it.
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I'll make you a drawing pretty fast.
Edit: Here you go http://i.imgur.com/A9GpU.jpg
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I don't get where the glue goes
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You, dear sir, have a good friend in Paint.
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Perth referenced outside of r/Australia!? High five brother.
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you get an upvote for being from Perth. its good to know i'm not alone here.
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I began reading this post's title and thought to myself, "but wait...it's december...and winter is in december not summer." and then I read "Austrailia" and I remembered how the earth works.
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And this is why you need the hole to be at least 6 feet deep!
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A perfect weapon (if it's glass)
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No there plastic. scorce I have 10 of them around my house
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I still think they would be pretty effective as a weapon. Wouldn't want to have one thrown at me... yeeeeuuuuuccchhh!
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cool hydro setup. What are you growing?
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It's not hydoponics, it's aquaponics. Go here if you're interested in learning more -> http://www.backyardaquaponics.com/ - or just google aquaponics.
At the moment I've got lettuce, cucumber, tomatoes, aubergine, chard, capsicum, rocket, spinich, fennel, leeks (and probably other stuff I've forgotten too) and even a banana "tree" which is a bit of an experiment.
I've got 1 x 1000L tank with barramundi and 2 x 1200L IBCs with goldfish (HUGE goldfish). Then I've got a couple of growbeds like the one in the pic, and a couple of 200L tubs. The media I'm using is a mix of hydroton (expanded clay) and pea gravel.
I browse r/aquaponics but haven't posted my system there. I might some day...
Edit: I accidentally a number
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How much do you get from the system in weight/number terms?
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Can't really say yet because the system has only been running in this config for a few months.
I upgraded my old system which was just the 2 x IBCs and a couple of plastic tubs for growbeds. In the old system I harvested plenty of veg and herbs, and I had crustaceans (marron and yabbies) and goldfish. I never really tallied up exactly how much produce we got from it... but it wasn't enough to sustain us.
The system now has double the tank volume, and almost 3 times the growbed volume, so between that and our dirt garden (broccoli, potatoes, zucchini, chilli etc) we'll come close to being self sustainable as far as veg is concerned.
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Do you use the flies to feed your fish?
Rad looking system!
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Unfortunately because the barra have been raised on man-made pellet feed, they're not interested in eating the flies.
I even experimented with a similar trap to this, I cut the bottom off and situated the trap over the tank, so that the bottom was open for the fish to access any caught flies. For the bait, I suspended a piece of meat from the lid with string. The trap worked, caught plenty of flies, but the fish weren't at all interested in eating them.
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Wow, everything in Australia really is trying to kill you, isn't it?
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pretty much, ya
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=AU&hl=en-GB&v=wy_TB6onHVE explains thing fairly well
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have you tried using a boner as a fly swatter?
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I haven't noticed too many flies, but I haven't been down to Busselton yet, either.
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Sweet, fish feeder.
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I sometimes gate living here
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Why would you want to cum in a jar of flies?
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The jam is almost ready!
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Geeez, when I had a fly problem in the UK and I had a trap like that I found, the longer I could tolerate the smell the more effective the trap got. Weirdly... the smell of rotting flies just attracted more flies bleeeech
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"You gonna eat that?" -A frog