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Letter one:
The best, inexpensive solution to get rid of flies is to fill half of a transparent plastic bag with water, tie a knot on the bag and hang the bag outside near the gates of your house. Place these bags on your garbage bins, near your pet's kennel and anywhere else that might attract flies.
Your kitchen counter and the smell of food attracts flies. The reflection of the sun or light on the packet or a clear plastic bottle of water creates an illusion to the flies that they are fly traps.
The odd fly flies in and out of my house, but that is the best solution so far.
- Asha
Letter two:
I have made my own flytrap with a plastic 1L or 2L bottle.
All you have to do is cut it in half at the middle and insert the top half with the lid facing upside down into the other half.
You may add food or meat into the bottom of the bottle before sealing the part that was cut in half.
Once the flies go in through the opening they don’t know how to get back out.
You may add a little water into it so that they drown. You can make a few of these traps and catch these buggers.
- Faheem
Letter three:
My wife never puts meat leftovers in the bins, we freeze leftover meat in packets and throw them out on garbage day. This has made a massive difference at home.
- Martin
*Responses have been edited for clarity.
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