Cave crickets feast on... Each other. Yikes. So rather than pay the $ for a fly sticky, I line up a few strips of duct tape, sticky side up, and stick one of their deceased brothers smack in the middle. As the cannibal bastards approach their meal, they get stuck. Caught about 30 of them like that over the summer.
I also hunt them with a bug-a-salt rifle. It's fun as hell to hunt a rogue actor in your basement. It takes two or three shots to finish the job but it works.
Good luck!
Yeah so you fill this puppy to the brim with table salt. And it has sights on it and everything, it’s a really fun time just pumping and dumping into any kind of fly you come across. It’s really fun for spotted lanterns is what my brother-in-law tells me
Bug-A-Salt 2.0 from Skell, Yellow https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00STSZ77G/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_3oljFbYRGTVH9
A nearby farmer didn't mix his fertilizer in with the soil quick enough this year. The entire town was filled with millions of green bottle flies. I got myself one of these bastards.
I now have no flies in my house. The whole episode also prompted me to basically bleach my entire living room, so I think everything worked out.
…..I feel like I haven’t seen any flies in my house over the last week. But as others have mentioned, don’t open your door. BUT! If you have to and flies get in, I recommend the salt gun!
See, that's nice and all.
But any veteran of the great fly wars will tell you that the best tool, hands down, is the Bug-A-Salt 2.0, the Bug Blaster.
When the sticky traps failed, when the bug lights weren't enough, the BugBlaster was your best friend. Creepy Crawly get within 3 feet? Blast em. There won't be enough left to mail home to their mommas!
Better yet, buy a Bug-A-Salt gun - 20,000 reviews on Amazon. Killer bug tool - Max 2 shots for me to kill a fly in the house. They don't last more than the time for me to find them....
https://www.amazon.com/Bug-A-Salt-2-0-from-Skell-Inc/dp/B00STSZ77G
https://www.amazon.com/Bug-A-Salt-2-0-from-Skell-Inc/dp/B00STSZ77G
We were talking today about how odd it is that if you try to step on them they fly away but I put this jawn right on top of them and they don't move at all.
Then i blow their wings off or rip open their stupid bodies Sometimes it takes an extra shot or two. Just to make sure.
God i hate them.
I opened the back door earlier and about 8 flies came in within 3 seconds. It probably doesn't help that the recycling has been sitting on the curb for a month.
I do have a Bug-A-Salt so killing them will at least be fun.
Fuck that, there's a fun way to kill the bastards, use the bug a salt rifle https://www.amazon.com/Bug-A-Salt-2-0-from-Skell-Inc/dp/B00STSZ77G/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?adgrpid=55038706694&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8svsBRDqARIsAHKVyqEnNPxubl91-34jM2J8z25GVEkYng3-keMedS-kWDRpkdAV7PNPIPUaAoXxEALw_wcB&hvadid=274872159335&hvdev=m&hv...
haha I hate bugs in my house and this is the perfect solution!!!
I dont really need it because I have a fly swatter, but this is waaaaayyyyy better than a fly swatter!!!
Never thought of that, nice tip.
I just bought a Bug-A-Salt I can make use of this.
I bought it so my girlfriend and I can hunt roaches (since we live in an apartment and our next door neighbors are disgusting and no amount of spraying will keep the bugs gone long) I figured may as well have fun with it.
> there are more flies than I anticipated.
Then you need to get THIS!
I got one for my husband as a joke but it really work =)
I use an electric one if my cat doesn't eat the fly in the first place. Plus it's fun when you're drunk with friends. I would look into that salt shotgun thing, that looks fun.
This is a better investment for your bug problem. Works great, and doesn't come with an attitude or a litter box.
It's actually r/amazonWTF oops.
HERE is the actual post. I saw it and immediately thought of you guys.
It's called Bug-A-Salt.
https://www.amazon.com/Bug-A-Salt-2-0-from-Skell-Inc/dp/B00STSZ77G
Link to it, $40: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00STSZ77G
I've used these and it's satisfying as hell to blow flies off the wall.
Actually, that's a perfect idea, get this, and keep vacuum cleaner nearby.
Also look up salt cannons. https://www.amazon.com/BUG-A-SALT-2-0-from-Skell-Inc/dp/B00STSZ77G
Or more. The Bug-A-Salt 2.0 would work great at killing them and not also killing you.
https://www.amazon.com/Bug-A-Salt-2-0-from-Skell-Inc/dp/B00STSZ77G
I think r/KitchenConfidential might appreciate that more.
Aside from appropriate methods of pest control, have you ever heard of the Salt Gun?
You can get guns that fire salt. They're designed for killing bugs for people who think overkill is the goal.
https://www.amazon.com/Bug-A-Salt-2-0-from-Skell-Inc/dp/B00STSZ77G
Here you go, give it to your kid for hours of entertainment
https://www.amazon.com/Bug-A-Salt-2-0-from-Skell-Inc/dp/B00STSZ77G
I bought this for house flies, but it works just as well on lantern flies.
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Jesus Christ! You can order these right on Amazon!
My latin teacher had one of those salt guns for killing flies.. or demons.
Or one of these
I need to add these to my collection. I already have an A-Salt gun to take out the bugs around the house. Now I just need this to plant flowers everywhere… Lolz.
Theres always a bigger fish: https://www.amazon.com/Bug-A-Salt-2-0-from-Skell-Inc/dp/B00STSZ77G
This isn't instagram, what's with the hashtags?
Also, get one of these.
Eu mi-am luat : bug o salt 2.0
Foarte distractiv și eficient
Maybe they mean 'A Salt Weapon' as in one of these.
Maybe this helps: https://www.amazon.com/Bug-A-Salt-2-0-from-Skell-Inc/dp/B00STSZ77G
Also mid-30's here too and I hate house centipedes with a passion. Here's what to do. Go to a hardware store/Amazon and get a pack of fly swatters, salt gun, outdoor Ortho Home Defense, and paper sticky traps;use the swatters to kill them when they're low, the salt gun to blast them when they're out-of-reach, the home defense to spray the outside parameter of your house, and the sticky traps to both identify where they're coming in from and to kill both them and the insects they eat. After you spray your house they should stop coming in for maybe 2-3 months, and when they come back you'll have to respray or consider hiring a professional to do it. If you keep at it they might go away after a few years. They're active/hunt for food at night which is why they roam around in your basement. Kill any other insects you can to eliminate their food source. Also run a dehumidifier to keep your basement dry (insects love damp places).
The fly shotgun is funner
https://www.amazon.com/Bug-A-Salt-2-0-from-Skell-Inc/dp/B00STSZ77G
Okay but they exist and they're cool
Bug-a-salt is one of the best gifts I've gotten. It's pest extermination and sport all at once.
But not nearly as fun as killing them one-by-one with the Bug-A-Salt, https://www.amazon.com/Bug-A-Salt-2-0-from-Skell-Inc/dp/B00STSZ77G
Get a Bug-A-Salt and start blasting! I have one and I really enjoy blasting them out of the sky with my cat and dog providing backup.
Alpine WSG for the creepy crawlies and this for the flies, because it's just too damn fun.
Please help me. I just found out about this: https://www.amazon.com/Bug-A-Salt-2-0-from-Skell-Inc/dp/B00STSZ77G on the homeowners subreddit, and I have got an itchy Amazon Buy Now finger. Talk me out of it!
amazon sells a salt gun mwahaha
https://www.amazon.com/Bug-A-Salt-2-0-from-Skell-Inc/dp/B00STSZ77G
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00STSZ77G/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_gMLnFbE5VBBEX
Way cooler than a regular swatter!
This might help you kill one to get it ID'd. You also mentioned a horse fly infestation, so this could pull double-duty against them if you are bored.
For flies I prefer the Bug-a-salt. Way more fun.
You need to get one of these if you actually want to kill em https://www.amazon.com/Bug-A-Salt-2-0-from-Skell-Inc/dp/B00STSZ77G
I'm armed! With a Fly As-SALT Gun!
Honestly, it's the only gun I feel safe having in my house full of crazy.
Bug-A-Salt is contributing to the global bloodlust, as shown by the Amazon reviews.
Check email out yourself: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00STSZ77G/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_TeidFbA1W3DFT
Guns are more fun, and you don't to chase the f...riendly things around either.
Salt https://www.amazon.co.uk/BUG-SALT-2-0-FLY-GUN/dp/B00STSZ77G
or sucker https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fly-Gun-Colour-Vary-Blue/dp/B001158V04
(sorry for Amazon links, they were the first ones that came up :( )
I use the one in this video. Mine didn’t come with the laser site but I just ordered the one on the buddy’s second link above.
That’s a real thing and I want one
https://www.amazon.com/Bug-A-Salt-2-0-from-Skell-Inc/dp/B00STSZ77G
Buy an insect shot gun
Bug-A-Salt 2.0 from Skell Inc. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00STSZ77G/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_.109Bb9VTMBHY
What you need is a Bug-A-Salt then everyone in the family can kill bugs.
They make salt guns for this purpose: https://www.amazon.com/BUG-A-SALT-2-0-from-Skell-Inc/dp/B00STSZ77G
This is a lot more fun. I have the first version, wife bitches about flys, then when I kill them she bitches about salt. Pick your battles woman.
https://www.amazon.com/BUG-A-SALT-2-0-from-Skell-Inc/dp/B00STSZ77G
There is a sub for everyhing. BTW, i want that salt firing shotgun.
I have a Bug-assalt air/salt weapon (it's a lot of fun). I just walk out and shoot all the hornets off the feeders after the hummingbirds scatter.
https://www.amazon.com/Bug-A-Salt-2-0-Insect-Eradication-Gun/dp/B00STSZ77G
You need a salt gun
I think this right here might be of interest to you.
About 10 seconds after you enter the room with Bug-a-Salt.
https://www.amazon.com/Bug-A-Salt-2-0-Insect-Eradication-Gun/dp/B00STSZ77G
Seriously though, a fly will not live beyond 2 days or so.
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/urban/flies/house_fly.HTM
This made killing flies easy and fun.. http://www.amazon.com/BUG---SALT-2-0-FLY-GUN/dp/B00STSZ77G/
Bug-a-salt 2.0 For all your bug shooting needs.