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The 9L is ideal to use as a monitor on the farm, or for domestic use. It is a tidy looking unit that does not look out of place in the garden. However, we do not recommend that it be used in small gardens. eg. 1x9L is great on a quarter acre section. |
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The 20L is perfect for the cowshed, horse stables, or if you're worried that the dogs will get into it, simply because you can hand it on a fence post. It sits will on the back of your 4-wheel farm bike, therefore is easily moved around with your stock. |
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This model is designed for the use in high fly populated areas. Flystrike prone paddocks, woolsheds, yards etc are areas that this model is very effective. The 60L model requires less maintenance than the smaller models, therefore is great in paddocks that you might not be servicing more than once a fortnight. |  |
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The fitting is designed as a way for farmers to recycle old 20L drench containers. It velcro's on and off, and works well if tied to a fence. If left on the ground, it will lose temperature and could fill with rain water, preventing it from working properly. |
It's quite simple.
Place your bait in the fly trap - pigs liver and sugar for the bitey fly, lambs fry for the bot fly, sheep liver for the brown blowfly, or fish for the Aussie green blowfly (you can also add cabbage leaves and sugar to attract the house fly). Add water to recommended level. Put the lid on and place in a sunny spot, out of any prevailing wind if placing near the house. About a week later, fill container to recommended water leverl. It is important not to fill above this mark as your fly trap will not work if it has too much water.
After roughly 10 days of baiting your fly trap, the dead flies already caught would have started acting as their own bait. But you must maintain the recommended water level. A combination of the methane and ammonia gases released from the rotting bait, kill the flies. You can also add bait to an already working fly trap to give it a bit of a boost if it is working slowly. Also, the bigger the fly trap, the more efficient it becomes.
When your fly trap is full, you can dispose of the contents anyway you wish. You may dig a hole and bury them, use it as fertiliser for your gardens, mix it in with your compost, or even feed them to your chooks (if you have any).
Donald is currently experimenting with lures for the different flies. If these work as well as the fresh bait, they will be released as soon as possible.
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