Fly strips

[sususanan]

What is that horribly sticky stuff they use on the fly strips that uncoil from a tube?

[Green Aura]

I don't know what all the ingredients are but I'm fairly certain sugar is high on the list.

[MKG]

Apparently (I don't use the things) some (maybe most or all - no-one's saying) flypaper adhesives are based on rosin or sugar. The last one makes for some very creative ideas for cake baking (and I bet you really believed that they were currants).

[diggernotdreamer]

I thought there might be a film or some pictures, the title 'Fly Strips', got me intrigued

[sususanan]

I think it must be rosin they're using in the ones I've got. I was thinking of making some myself but with more surface area to increase the chances of flies flying into it.

[Odsox]

I don't think it's a case of flies flying into it, more a case of them being attracted to it by the sugar content.

[Odsox]

I thought there might be a film or some pictures, the title 'Fly Strips', got me intrigued

No it would be X rated and us Mods would have to censor it.

[sususanan]

Does the mixture contain an insecticide aswell?

[Weedo]

Not these days, at least not in Oz, though in the past they did contain arsenic.