Black Flag Fly Stick, Trap Houseflies and Flying Insects, Pack of 6

4.1 | 22,782 ratings

Price: 16.44

Last update: 08-28-2024

About this item

TRAPS FLYING INSECTS: Once they land, they never leave.
ATTRACTS FLYING INSECTS: Just add honey or syrup.
USE INDOORS AND OUTDOORS: Use anywhere flying insects are a nuisance.
HOOK INCLUDED FOR HANGING: For best results, hang vertically with all sides of the stick exposed.

Product information

Brand

Black Flag

Style

Fly Stick

Material

Paper

Product Dimensions

10.88"L x 3.31"W x 17.63"H

Number of Pieces

Recommended Uses For Product

Picnics

Is Electric

Target Species

Fly

Global Trade Identification Number

10891549110155

Item Weight

1.37 pounds

Manufacturer

United Industries

ASIN

B00IMHL9JO

Country of Origin

China

Item model number

HG-11015

Customer Reviews

4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 12,403 ratings

4.2 out of 5 stars

Best Sellers Rank

#69 in Patio, Lawn & Garden (See Top 100 in Patio, Lawn & Garden)
#9 in Pest Control Traps

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

Top reviews from the United States

Whitney Chanell

Works so good it attracted more flies and made my patio smell like poop!

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2024

I hung this in my patio because as the weather started to heat up I started getting a few flies and didn't want them getting in my apartment when my dog takes forever to come inside. Boy did this thing work! It worked so well that it started attracting all the flies nearby to come to my patio. Luckily the fly trap was catching them all, but I started noticing my patio smelled like poop. At first, I thought it was people who live in my complex not picking up their dog poop, but when I didn't see any dog poop nearby realized it was the fly trap smelling like that because it was filled with dead flies. I mean it was FILLED with dead flies. I think the more dead flies it held, the more it stank, and therefore the more flies it attracted.

I recommend maybe hanging more than one at a time to handle the additional flies it eventually attracts, or plan to change it often. Like, once a week. Because I only had mine up for a couple weeks until I couldn't stand the smell.

PonyGirlUp!

Great for my horse corrals

Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2024

Horses bring flies. I have used various fly catcher products over the years. I am impressed with these. There's no work to hang these bags. No cutting the bag top, no searching for string to hang it with. Twist and pop out the top. Use the wire to hang the bag. Pour in the water. (that's a little messy with spillage, but I'm ok with that) Done! I have had to wait a day or so for the flies to arrive, but when that starts, oh boy does that bag fill. Amazingly, the bad smell doesn't kick in for about a week. What a bonus! By then, with an almost full bag, I wait a couple more days and dump them. Really happy with the ease of use and effectiveness.

LowerAmznCCRatesNow

These work but they can be messy if you are not careful, Have to hang them where the flies are.

Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2024

I like the ease of use. The hook provided is adequate but not very long so you may have to add some string or something to get them hanging in the correct and effective position. You have to hang them where the flies are circling and unfortunately, that may be where you have to walk which means you might walk into them if you are not careful. You DO NOT want to get this stuck in your hair. It will pull your hair out to get it unstuck and... it takes a few washings to get the glue out of your hair. Gross. Bottom line is they did work to reduce the flies but use with caution where you hang them.

Sharon Burgos

This REALLY attracts flies! It works.

Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2024

We have a fly problem in summer. My dogs were getting pestered, sometimes with 3 or 4 or more flies on them at a time whenever they went outside. I hung this thing up and within 24-48 hours it was amazing how much fly activity there was around it. It’s like the flies are competing to get in there! It does STINK and I’m sure that’s why it’s so effective. I hung one at each far corner of our fenced yard, so flies would be attracted away from the house and not toward it. Very easy to use - just pull up on the top, fill with water and hang. When it’s full you throw the whole thing away. No muss, no fuss!

BlauerPower

Wage a War of Attrition on Gnats With These Yellow Baton Things

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2019

We suffered a prolonged invasion of gnats during the latter half of summer and early autumn this year, presumably because of recurring minor flooding in the basement from using the washer and a pipe drainage issue. They were so numerous and terrible during the worst of it, especially before I surmised the intermittent flooding was attracting them and then took action.

Generally, unless you can seal off all avenues of infiltration and remove/destroy all attracting things, or use a repellant tactic such as a product or routine exterminator visits, you will have to wage a war of attrition on those that are there and will come in, so their numbers don't steady build above a few in any given room on any given time- and also to exorcise your abode of these infernal bastards more quickly if a massive invasion occurs. This war should be prosecuted with constant passive methods (as in, you don't have to do more than set it up and leave, as opposed to spraying them with pesticides or isopropyl as you see them, or the nuclear tactic called fumigation). As they are attracted to windows during daytime and are either more active naturally during midday or are stimulated by light (or both), window strips such as the Catchmasters is one indispensible core method, especially within rooms you primarily use that are being significantly invaded.

The other entails the use of attractants paired with an ensnarer at locations which either are far away from windows and/or are an area they like to congregate. This device alone sans the use of bait doubles as attractant (the yellow color) and ensnarer (adhesive is on the yellow rod part) and is marketed as both. However, you may add bait to it as well to potentiate the attractant effect. Enduring blitzkriegs from these hated creatures every few days and being driven almost insane by the constant annoyance and having to alter my eating habits, I ordered these and prayed for deliverance from my insectoid nemesis (well, desperately hoped would be a better word- I'm an ardent atheist).

These worked so well. On one particularly bloody day, over the 12 hours following the placement of one baton in my room paired with an attractant, the thing had caused terrible carnage in their ranks all by itself. 100-200 were consigned to death, and I found the nearly innumerable black spots peppering the device to be simultaneously disgusting and galvanizing. Very few to none of these things can escape once they land on the yellow surface.

I found these to be useful in the kitchen (two hung from the window curtain rod), adjacent dining area, and downstairs where the gnats seemed to largely congregate and be almost always present (we have refrigerators and freezers down there, and they'd always fly in after we opened the door, leaving some number of them for us to find on the shelves or floor of the units every day after being trapped and soon perishing from hypothermia). Downstairs and the dining room were the best places, especially downstairs, as the repellants made IIRC by the same company completely lost effectiveness within a week, and downstairs was likely where they were invading from and where the attracting factor(s) was.

I wholeheartedly recommend these along with a highly rated brand of window fly strips, as well as homemade inexpensive devices (plastic cups, dish soap, red wine or apple cider vinegar are the products needed for the standard basic type) that work using the same principles and modes of action that these do (attraction and ensnarement). They can be hung from a rod or whatever, or rested on a surface either longways or straight up (use mounting putty for the latter to secure it, though if it falls over, it won't get adhesive on anything if no other objects are near it).

Do be mindful of valuable items like treasured clothing when you deploy and maneuver/work very close to these. The adhesive is soft, thick, and goopy, which means minor contact won't make the device stick to you much as you pull away, but it will come off onto you and potentially ruin or mar items such as clothes (an adhesive dissolver such as Goo-Be-Gone or whatever might resolve it- or maybe ruin it more) which can't be easily washed and is pourous. That said, these are a FAR MORE elegant and useful solution than the more primitive and rudimentary variant of this type known as fly ribbons/paper.

Also, I did not find their suggestion of using syrup in the bottom tray to be useful. They are attracted not to sweet things per se (gnats, I mean- fruit flies are different), but to decay and fermentation. You'd be better served using milk or maybe fruit juice, or red wine or vinegar. Something which goes sour or ferments. Syrup doesn't do either, and I perceived no benefit from it.

Dawn H.

Way better than paper fly traps

Reviewed in the United States on June 6, 2024

The long sticky paper fly traps always worked well, but they were always messy because they flopped all over the place. This stick style fixes that problem. The only tricky part is putting the syrup or honey in the bottom, which I did with a teaspoon. I only put in about a 1/2 teaspoon at it seems to be plenty.

Amazon Customer

Hasn’t caught any flies

Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2024

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During the summer, the abundance of flies outside, especially on the patio, drives us crazy. We’ve recently got 2 dogs, so that makes it even worse. In the week they’ve been outside, with honey added, per directions, I don’t think we’ve had even 1 fly stick. On the patio we’ve got several small gnats that have stuck and a few moths. I also hung one in the bushes, where my dogs do their “business”. I thought that one would catch lots of flies, but nope. In fact as I just did the video, there were flies all around! And for the record, I pick up dog poop every other day. I’m pretty disappointed with my purchase. I’ll probably end up getting an old fashioned fly swatter.

Branch Vine

Works well

Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2024

Quality is much better than I expected. Very easy to setup, because you don’t have to, laughing! It comes set up, and produces no smell. It bought a decent amount of flies and mosquitoes.

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