Bug Ball Starter Kit - Biting Fly and Insect Trap, Pack of 2

The silicone is super tough and stand up to scraping (with a smooth but dull blade) when it’s time clean the dead flies, old glue and dust off. Each ball has about 1017 square inches of surface area, so one can will coat one ball each. The applicator brush is crap unless you’re coating small surfaces like cups or hats. I hung the ball from the ceiling from a guide wire to eye level, and pinched the bottom of the ball and attached a spring clamp to hold it steady while applying glue or cleaning for another coating. I used a carpenters pencil to put a few large dollops at the top and spread it downward, evenly. This method makes the application super quick and easy; ~5 minutes, with no mess or frustration. When it comes time to clean, I spray a light coating of diesel fuel all over the surface and let it sit for a minute to work through the old glue, bugs, and dust. Then I take a smooth but dull scraper and work from top down to clean the old stuff off. Once it’s all smooth again, I’ll use acetone or rubbing alcohol to clean the remaining diesel fuel off, otherwise the new glue will run and drip in the sun. Once it’s dry, reapply with new glue and you’re ready to destroy thousands more flies. Also, Olson makes a similar sticky product “Olson sticky stuff” that works just as well but costs 60% less per can.

I caught exactly 0 horse flies (and 0 deer flies) with these balls. I hung them in 2 hot spots at our house about 150ft away from each other. Coated them compleyely in the adhesive they included (which qualifies as a full time job I'm sure) and waited. Caught a bunch of gnats, some livebugs, a handful of mosquitos... no flies, no horseflys, no deerflys. Nothing that actually mattered.

Every June we have yellow biting flies that make it miserable to go outside. The past several years I have been buying beach balls and black paint at dollar tree then spraying adhesive on them. Then when it rained the black paint washed off. This is so worth it. Simply air it up, it comes with a needle to do that, and paint on the adhesive that comes with it. It has a little handle to put a rope through to hang. It’s reusable and so simple. Highly recommend

I have an access road for property I manage. There are thousands of biting flies, mostly deer flies with horse flies and green heads mixed in. As I drive down the road the swarm of flies builds and builds following my truck. I hung 4 balls. I stop my car next to each ball and watch the swarm land and get stuck. Drive to the next ball, stop for a minute. Repeat. If I do a few passes with my car, there are virtually no flies following me around and I could get out and do work without being in a massive swarm of biting flies. However, when you have as many flies as I do, the entire ball gets covered quickly. It’s a bit of work wearing gloves to scrape the ball clean and reapply fresh glue.

I think it’s is too pricey for two balls and a glue. The glue will be enough for one time use and it’s messy to put it all around the balls . It dose catch flys and bugs but not more then regular traps

I have a large backyard where a pool is located along with a swamp in the wood just past my lawn. Deer and Horse flies spawn like armies each year and drive me nuts during parties or just working in the yard. I was Skeptical on this working, the day before my July 4th party in New England, I blew these black balls up, applied the glue and hung them only 2 ft off the ground around my pool and the yard where I place my volleyball court up. Within 24 hours I caught at least 100 of them, made the party so much more fun. I wished I had more and came back on just to do that. Being in the sun constantly the glue does try after sometime and you have to reapply it but I'm happy to do it. I had also bought a 70$ hanging one with a umbrella canopy over it to trap them and threw it away, it did nothing for the problem. I recommend this product!

I purchased these based on some of the reviews and other sites. They were placed at various height and locations, as recommended, but none of them were successful. They have been a waste of time, money and effort. This has been a bumper season for horse flies and deer flies, and after a month of placement they have caught a whopping 3 deer flies and 1 horse fly (along with a butterfly, a moth and numerous knats). These were placed near and around the paddocks with horses and donkeys, where the flies are prevalent, but nothing. I have killed more horse and deer flies with my hands in one day then these have caught in a month. Packaging: The balls were shipped in bags, but the cans of adhesive were not and leaked all over the inside of the boxes and the contents. Adhesive: Like other reviews, application with the little brush was futile and time consuming. Also, because it went on so thick and clumpy with the brush, a lot of it melted and dripped off in the heat. Fortunately there was still enough on the surface to catch what it could. I also utilized a can of the spray adhesive on one of the balls, which was remained on the ball, but was no more effective then the can stuff. Recommendation: Personally I will not purchase these again. I will purchased other adhesive and apply it to something else as the flies did not perceive these to be animals. I will change their locations in hopes of some improvement, and if so will provide and updated review.

These absolutely do not work. The sticky stuff just runs down the ball in the heat, doesn't attract flies. Super messy to put fly sticky on. Doesn't work at all! Super disappointing and cant return due to i used all 4 bug balls and cant return used items without getting charged.

the catch em sticky coating adhesive is totally useless as it is not sticky at all. Only leaves an oily film on surface of the ball which cannot stick flies or any other insect. If you can find another adhesive that actually is sticky it probably may work.