Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

These have been very effective in monitoring a fruit-fly infestation that developed in our home after our standpipe ruptured and pumped loads of kitchen garbage into our drain tile. We're still battling the flies, but putting these in the windows that have had the most population has meant no longer having to hunt and swat the little beggars. The flies are attracted to light, so we put a strip in the top corner of each window that gets the most sun in the morning - and soon there are lots of flies on the strips and none crawling in the window itself. We also found a way to turn these into an inexpensive lighted fly trap - all the more delightful when I found that an electric lighted trap costs upwards of $35!! Just attach a strip to the outside of a glass jar. You will need to add some tape to each end, because the plastic is a little stiff, and the built-in adhesive isn't strong enough to keep it adhered to a curved surface. Then put a lighted LED tealight into the jar, close up the jar, and put it in a dark place wherever you want to catch flies. When the strip gets full, just replace it. We use "Submersible LED Tea Lights" - also available on Amazon, which are very bright and thus excellent for attracting flies. Plus you can get a set of 10 of these for about $8, so again, with a commercial electric "bug trap" going for $35, this is a much cheaper method. When summer comes I'm thinking of trying this as an alternate to an outdoor bug-zapper!