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How does the Rid-Max Fly Trap work?
The Rid-Max Fly Trap is based on a very simple
concept similar to those which have been in use for centuries for fish and
crustaceans. We adapted this concept to work with insects using 21st century
technology, allowing this device made from recycled materials to be re-usable,
portable, effective, and environmentally safe.
The Rid-Max Fly Trap is placed over a suitable bait or
fly attracting matter. Flies are attracted to the bait placed under the trap.
Insects which are lured by the bait, instinctively travel upward and into the
coned area. They then crawl through the opening at the top of the cone, and are
trapped in the "holding area" of the trap.
The mesh walls of the Rid-Max Fly Trap serve many important purposes which
include:
• the ability of the trap to easily collapse for storage or travel
• solar dehydration of trapped insects alleviating the wet, smelly mess
associated with liquid insect traps
• to enhance the trapping abilities of this product.
For example, the live trapped flies release pheromones--natural scents
which insects emit for communication and breeding purposes. The pheromones serve
as an attractant enticing more flies into the trap. Flies are instinctively
lured to feeding and buzzing activity produced by other flies. Just the frenzied
activity in the trap of a few flies will attract more, and the trapping cycle
continues.
Once egg laying flies are caught, the breeding cycle is broken. This drastically
reduces the future fly population in the area where the trap is in use.
Trapped flies will dehydrate in approximately one day. Once desiccated, the
insects are virtually weightless and odorless, take up little room in trash, and
are biodegradable.
It is not necessary to empty the Rid-Max Fly Trap until the level of dehydrated
insects are approximately half way up the height of cone area. If desired,
insects which are still buzzing can be sprayed with a harmless soapy water
solution before removal. To empty the Rid-Max Fly Trap, the inner cone can be
easily and quickly removed. Disposal of dried insects is a simple matter of
emptying into a trash bag. Some customers use the live or dehydrated insects to
feed their reptiles, amphibians, birds, or fish. The cone is securely snapped
back into place, and the trap again is ready for use.
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