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people found this helpful, as of 2023
ranked #197,293 most helpful
out of 571,544,897 reviews
★★★★☆
It worked TOO well and caused more of a problem.
Ok so I'm not sure how to rank this. Here's why: It did EXACTLY what it was supposed to BUT too much so! We had SOME flys in our yard and I thought it would be a great solution to get rid of them. The day I put it out, there was a horrible smell so we moved it further away from our house and it STILL stunk. I get it though, necessary evil... the next day our fly problem went from moderate to BAD. Flys from a mile away were being attracted to the stench. We would check the container and it was catching them so we left it out. A week later the fly situation went from BAD to HORRIBLE. Although it WAS catching many, it was attracting more. After 2 weeks (I believe it was supposed to be good for about a month) we decided enough was enough and went to empty it. I should have emptied it probably a week in... my bad?... Looking at the photo you will notice that the flys werent just being caught, but breeding IN the trap and maggots were EVERYWHERE. They were also escaping from the trap and we now have far worse of a fly problem than when we started:( 4 stars because it worked too damn well!
