RESCUE! Outdoor Disposable Fly Trap, Green, 2 Pack

I can't recommend the RESCUE! Outdoor Reusable Fly Traps enough! I have chickens and compost pits, so flies used to feel like a losing battle... until I found these. These traps are incredibly easy to set up — seriously, it takes just a few minutes — and they’re very affordable compared to other options I’ve tried. I set them up around my chicken coop and compost areas, and within hours, I could already see a huge reduction in the fly population.The bait has a smell (fair warning: you don’t want to stick your nose in it!), but from a normal distance, it’s not overpowering at all. And honestly, that "stank juice" is pure magic — it brings all the flies straight to their doom. Once they’re in, they’re DONE. It’s weirdly satisfying to check the traps and see just how effective they are.Each trap lasts a surprisingly long time, making them an even better value. If you're dealing with outdoor fly problems, this is hands down the easiest and most effective solution I've found. I’ll be a customer for life!

I am buying these for the third time and using them for the 4th year. I need to describe my property, where I put them, and how to dispose of them easily.I live in marshy, bayside Maryland in USDA zone 7B/8A. We back up to protected tidal wetlands, which means--and these are just the pests with wings--982 species of mosquitoes, flying ants, gnats, biting and non-biting midges, and flies. So. Many. Flies. Black flies, houseflies, horseflies, sand flies, corpse flies. Every kind of fly except greenheads (although I killed one last year so they're coming). We have a beautifully landscaped backyard and inground pool, which we couldn't even use during certain times of the day because of the flies.Anyone who's reading this has a fly problem, and you know where there's one there's quickly a million because he tells his friends where the good eatin' is, whether that's your garbage can or your dog's poop or your saltwater pool or YOU and your tasty blood meal.The first year we had the pool, it was almost unusable in July and August because of the flies. I put these up at the end of August and they did cut down the population a little bit, but it was too late. The next year, I found these in the shed in May after a swarm came after me and put them up. Worked, but still too late. Last year, on a nice March day when I was outside battling the carpenter bees and putting down Preen and Sluggo, I decided to hang a fly bag too. Pre-emergent, prophylactic. Well, it worked PERFECTLY. No flies all year! See, it's an exponential number of flies if you don't get them early in the season. If you wait until May they've already bred and laid eggs at least three times so you're going to be dealing with 3X as many in May as you are in March. Stop that cycle early.None of the videos state that you have to place them at or below 5' (or at the level of the thing they are there for in the first place, whether it's a compost pile or livestock or you and your outdoor barbecue and picnic. Flies are garbage eaters and are attracted to rotting things on the ground, not 10' up. You HAVE to hang it low enough that they want THIS more than they want your compost pile, and it HAS to be in direct sun for at least a couple hours to really crank up the stench. If you live in a windy area, 20' away from where you congregate isn't enough; a gentle breeze will send this hot garbage flypocalypse right at you.Ok, so let's talk about disposal. I am one of those "easily disgusted" people (it's a thing, look it up) and I knew from the outset I could NOT deal with getting the full bag [shudder] and closing it [vomit] OK OK I'm fine it's fine [retches] Ok so [clears throat] so I knew I had to devise a plan in advance for the disgustingness that was sure to follow. I hung it from a branch in the woods behind my fence on a long S hook made for hanging basket plants. The first year I didn't realize I could not easily slide the thing off the end of the S hook--I thought a tight fit would keep it from falling or being blown off by the high winds we get here-- and I barfed a couple times trying to screw the top on before getting it off the hook and putting it in the "grocery bag" someone here suggested.Yeah, screw that. Here's what you do. First off, before you open and fill it, use an O-ring, or a carabiner, or anything sturdy and circular-ish (I use old keychain holders) and put it through the hanger hole. Maybe use a zip tie, just make a circle. Don't use wire though, seems like a great idea but that thing will bend and twist and you'll be worse off than using the dumb hanger it came with. Just trust me. So then figure out where to put it and hang up your S hook. Cut, fill, open, hang by the circle-ish thing you attached. Done. That was the easy part.Fast forward to 3 weeks to 3 months later. Now it's full and how in the world are you getting that disgusting flypocalypse down and putting up another one?! Well thank the lord you listened to that crazy 'easily disgusted' woman on Amazon who told you how to attach it for easy removal! Now all you have to do is wait for trash day, get a 3mil contractor bag and a six pack. Holding your breath, slide the O-ring off the S hook into the contractor bag beneath. Slide another fly bag you already prepared like the last one onto the S hook. Don't look at it. DON'T. JUST DON'T. You're holding your breath so hurry! Tie contractor bag the best you have ever tied a bag ever in your life, and put it at the curb right before the trash truck comes. Go out to your deck and drink the six pack (for a job well done, friend!) while ordering more of these from Amazon.P.S. Yes. It stinks. Like a skunk with 12 butts, run over by a truck, 5 days ago, that a turkey vulture ate then regurgitated, in August. Hold your breath. Better than flies.

It works! We put it up around 15 ft from our back porch. We definitely have less flies now. The bag is filling up fast, it definitely smells, but we don't smell in our back porch.

Works great! Catches a lot of flies. Smells bad. The last time I used it smelled like death. Spent hours looking in yard for dead animal. Most often Just smells a little bad

If you have a fly problem, BUY THIS. It really works! We had a ton of flies that just showed up in our backyard. I swear this thing brings them from all over the neighborhood and traps them lol it’s been up for about 2 days now and caught hundreds of flies. So gross but so fascinating. The only downside is it does stink. But that’s probably what attracts the flies. Idk but I do know that it does work!

Let me start off by saying, these things work AMAZING for houseflies. I don't know why, but we have a ton of flies outside in our area. I purchased some of these hoping they would help get rid of the flies. While they work, they also kind of don't. Let me explain.Yes, these things WILL catch flies. Once you add water to the water line, and let the packet inside dissolve, it will emit an awful smell lol. It becomes totally understandable why flies are drawn to these things. Unless you want to smell them every time you walk outside, take the instruction's advice and hang them at LEAST 20ft away from wherever you plan on being.Now, here's the bad part of my experience. Yes, they catch flies. But I have noticed absolutely no difference in the number of flies that are hanging around my house. If anything I feel like the flies that may have been in my neighbor's yard are now coming to mine because we hung these things up. I suppose the purpose of catching them is to prevent them from laying eggs and making even more flies as opposed to killing ALL of the flies. So, there are pros and cons. Yeah, you'll catch and kill flies. You'll also attract flies that may have not been near you had you not hung these up.So would I recommend these? Sure. Just make sure to hang them far away from where you plan on being and from any house doors unless you don't mind the smell. And don't expect them to get rid of all the flies. But trust me, if you have a lot of flies hanging around outside, you'll be amazed at how many these things catch. Also, make sure to wear gloves whenever you go to dispose of these. It's possible literally hundreds if not thousands of flies will have been crawling all over them. Don't touch that nastiness with your bare hands. I made the mistake of trying to relocate one of the bags a day after I had hung it up and accidentally got some of the smelly water on my hands. That scent lingered for a day or two even after washing repeatedly.

Works fast. The next day and the flies are in it. It's just that it doesn't last long. It gets full fast as well. Super stinky.