Bite Free Stable Fly Trap - Insecticide-Free Livestock Protection

This fly traps works very well at trapping stable flies and has really made a difference in my horses' comfort this summer. Will definitely be purchasing more of these.

I buy these every year to help keep the biting stable flies off my horses. You have to put them low and where the light hits it just right. I have found two spots around my barn that after putting two out, the next day they are covered with flies. This is the only trap that works on the biting stable flies. I also use other traps for filth flies and use fly predators around my pasture. Believe me those little stable flies hurt!. One trap came damaged last year and Smartpak immediately sent a replacement. Also I have put these out with no fly activity on the trap so I find a spot where they will be attached to the traps

I actually bought this because I am a fisherman my ankles get eaten to pieces at this time of year at my favorite fishing spots. I put one of these next to me while I was fishing, and although I still got bitten a couple of times, I must have caught about 200 stable flies in the hour and a half I was there. Other people who were spending their time stomping and swatting saw what I was using and they want to get some too! So although not used in a stable, it is indeed a great product that will go with me to keep my hobby enjoyable.

These fly traps are for those nasty biting flies that make your horses stomp and swish like mad. I've found that they do reduce the number of biting flies and insects we have around our place. I would definitely caution that small birds can become trapped in these as well (the glue is EXTREMELY sticky!), and you should not use them without wrapping chicken wire around them. The bugs will still get caught, but you will save yourself from having to remove a poor little wren who has lost its tail and died from trying to escape. Overall, these are worth the cost, and one lasts me most of the summer (you can wash them off for longer use).

When placed in the sun at the approximate height of my horse's canon bones near areas that the horses rest or that are moist (water trough, run off areas), we trap LOTS of stable flies! Love reducing the population of biting pests!

Got this big bug trap and put it on patio. Caught a bird within first hour. It was horrible getting it out. This trap is very sticky and should catch lots of bugs. It needs a shield to keep the birds out! I'm still saddened by this poor little bird that got caught. Maybe inside the barn will be safer for birds.

There is a fundamental design flaw to this sticky fly trap - it looks like a bird feeder. After the second bird landed on it, resulting in a no-doubt painful death, we took the remainder of the case to the recycling center. By the way, relatively few flies were ever trapped. Also note that we subsequently tried to modify it by adding "bird protection" netting to its outside...but this did not work either. If the manufacturer provided a bird protection "cage", it might become a better product.

Before purchasing, I read on the manufacturer's website that they've had reports of birds being trapped by this trap, but that these incidents were "rare." Yeah, right. I set up three of these traps, following the instructions on the package, four days ago on my two acre farm. One trap caught two sparrows on Day 2. I moved that trap to a different location and it caught another sparrow on Day 4. Pulling birds off the trap is horrible. I considered modifying it with reflective strips that wave in the wind to deter birds but I can't stomach catching another bird to find out if that works or not. I understand this trap is targeting biting stable flies but it appears to attract any flying insect from Japanese beetles to bees to flies. Unfortunately, my horse has become deathly allergic to fly spray so I am forced to rely on traps and barrier clothing like fly sheets from now on, but this trap's design is unacceptable. Kudos to the excellent Customer Service at SmartPak who refunded my purchase.

We try to attract insect eating birds to the barn and paddock area. After three days near the barn, the trap caught a few insects and 3 chickadees, drawn to the trap by the bugs. I'm sure they would have eaten more flies over the summer than the trap would. Pulled out most flight fathers trying to escape. Beyond saving. WHY NO WARNING? You must have known this would happen. Kicking myself for not foreseeing it.

It was out just three hours, and a poor little bird got stuck to it. It was horrible! I will never buy another one.