With the fly traps that SWATAPEST sell, what is the best attractant for flies?
We have found that chicken bones work well as long as you leave a little meat on them. However, they generally don’t start working until the meat starts to smell. Raw meats, liver, fish, steak, or mince also work well. However with the mince, it can depend on the fat content in the meat as fat actually appears to be a bit of a barrier. Any time you have rotten meat that you would normally throw away, chop it in pieces, keep it in the freezer and put a new piece out every couple of days. If you can catch hundreds of flies then at least you got something out of it. Fresh animal excrement also works extremely well but that can be a little disgusting for most people. When we were trialing the fly traps, we always used to put the meat juice/blood into the base of the trap every time we had a BBQ. This was by far one of the better attractants for fly catching – in some cases hundreds in a day. Other good attractants can be molasses, eggs, beer, or brewer’s yeast. If you are trying to catch f
