Flies trapped in the lights

[jim]

Good lord this is miserable. I moved a couple of months ago to the 3rd floor of a 3 story building and am finding that there is this problem with flies.

Off and on all winter I have had them stuck in the lights above me. Bzzzzz. Bzzzzz. Bzzzzzz. All freaking day long. It's 20 freaking below, aren't these things supposed to be dead or waiting for spring to hatch?

[Sutter'sBeard]

Try this:

Take a clear ziplock bag, fill it with water, and hang it near a light. I don't know why it keeps those scavengers away, but it does. House flies hate water i guess. Looks retarded but I swear it works.

[AdmiralKird]

I've got a good story for this one:

A few summers ago, my dad and I built this balcony off of the garage complex in our backyard and put the old hottub up there and fenced it in, looked pretty nice. This past summer, my dad redid the adjacent room to said balcony, put a couch in w/ insulation & drywall etc. The light fixture in this room is from an old dining table light, that has 5 60watt bulbs in the form of a hexagon, with a large oval disc that covers them. The dish has about a 1 inch gap to the ceiling.

So this past summer I'm out there at about 3am cleaning off the balcony, and the light in the room has been on for about 10 minutes or so. All of a sudden, this cicada takes off flying from outsideand flies right up into the dish. I begin to ponder about how hot it must be inside there and about 5 seconds later, the thing starts flying around frantically banging into nothing but the ceiling and dish, whilst making the loudest single cicada scream I've ever heard. About 5 seconds later it is silent and still. Cooked to death.

[sighyoung]

Well, it's better than lights trapped in your fly.

[st.lewis11]

Well, it's better than lights trapped in your fly.

lol