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Brilio.net - Food left open on the table will attract flies because of its tempting aroma. Flies will gather and swarm food that is not stored properly. The natural nature of flies that are attracted to the aroma of food makes it easy for these insects to find food sources.
Food that has been infested with flies carries a risk of dangerous contamination because flies carry various bacteria and disease viruses. Flies also have the habit of laying eggs on the food they land on. Eggs that hatch into larvae can make food unsafe for human consumption.
Preventing flies from entering can be done by storing food properly and maintaining kitchen cleanliness. Traps need to be installed when flies have already entered and bred in the house. Fly traps are available on the market but can also be made yourself using simple materials.
Making a homemade fly trap has been demonstrated by TikTok user @jdeleon716 through his video upload. The materials used are very simple and utilize kitchen waste. This method of making traps has proven effective in reducing the fly population in the house.
As reported by BrilioFood on Friday (27/12), the ingredients used are brown sugar and honey. Both of these ingredients will function as bait that will attract flies. As for the trap, he uses kitchen waste in the form of used plastic bottles.
How to make it is also quite easy. First, cut the top of the plastic bottle using a knife or scissors. After that, take the bottom of the bottle.
photo: TikTok/@jdeleon716
Once done, put 1/3 cup (small glass) of brown sugar into the bottle that has been cut. After that, also put in 1 tbsp of honey. Then dissolve both of these ingredients with 1 cup (small glass) of water, stir until smooth.
photo: TikTok/@jdeleon716
Next, place the top of the cut bottle upside down. Then press it a little to make it tighter. Now, this fly trap can be used immediately. You can place this fly trap in an area where flies often come.
photo: TikTok/@jdeleon716
How it works, the sugar and honey will emit a sweet smell that flies like. That way, flies will approach and enter the device. However, because the inside has been given water, the flies that have entered will immediately drown and get trapped inside.
In the video, he shows the results of the trap that has been made. After being left for a few days, the trap is full of flies inside. This indicates that the homemade fly trap is very effective.
photo: TikTok/@jdeleon716
Viewed 29 million times, this video was immediately liked by more than 1 million TikTok users. Many netizens were interested and admitted that they were very helped by the video. Through the comments column, some of these netizens admitted that they had succeeded in applying the trick.
"that's great and do easy," said TikTok @marymealey1.
"Thanks," said TikTok @prissy812.
"It works!!!," said TikTok @steph42222.
"Very effective I tried it," said TikTok @sup_josh.
"thank you for the tip! (thank you for the tip)," commented the TikTok account @sus.s13.
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