Glue Board Fly Killers

What is a glue board? A glue board (aka sticky boardthe fact that your unwelcome visitors - the flying
or gluepad) is a piece of stiff card with very heavyones, not your friends - will also spread disease. They
adhesive on one side. It is inserted into a fly killerwill typically visit animal droppings, or a trash can, and
machine.What is a fly killer machine? It is a devicethen fly around your kitchen, spreading germs that
that attracts flying insects by shining ultra violet lightthey have picked up on their feet or regurgitating
and then traps them.What is ultra violet (uv) light? Ittheir own saliva on solids that they need to soften in
is light just like any other light. It just happens to beorder to digest. Not nice - and completely avoidable if
invisible to humans but not to flies, who area fly killer machine is used.Fly killers fitted with
extremely partial to it and tend to eagerly flyglueboards will use less electricity than zapper fly
towards it. Anyway, a fly killer machine attracts flieskillers. In an age when electricity prices are rising this
using its uv light. Some fly killer machines have electricis an increasingly significant consideration. There are
grids that electrocute the fly while others have gluealso those who like to count their dead flies. Why,
boards on which the fly is trapped. This brings usyou may ask? Counting how many flies are killed will
back where we started.Once the fly is trapped, it isgive an indication of the fly killer machine's
no longer a threat. Fly killer machines that use glueeffectiveness and an idea of flying insect activity.
boards are often used in situations where silentThis is particularly useful to entomologists and other
operation is required. Fly killers that electrocute (orscientists and researchers, especially those concerned
zap) the fly give out an unmistakable noise that letswith the environment. Pest controllers will also use
everyone know that the machine has made a kill.this method to determine the best place to site a fly
Some restaurants would prefer a more subtlekiller. By moving the machine from one location to
operation where the fly discreetly flies into the flyanother they can count the amount of flies caught
killer machine and never comes out - and no sound isand determine the best place to site the machine.
ever heard. Glue board fly killer machines are oftenManufacturers of fly killer machines, such as
made to mimic wall lights. Diners in a restaurant willInsect-o-cutor. also use this method to test fly killer
not give these lamps a second glance, but they aremachine designs.The method of trapping flying insects
not lamps in the normal sense. They are differenceusing glue has been with us for a very long time and
between having a fly spreading germs and giving theway before electricity came along and gave us
restaurant a bad name and a restaurant that payszappers. Hanging sticky papers is a practice that still
regard to hygiene and has a good reputation.If youhappens today. It is much less common as most
live near a field or know somebody that does, thenpeople would rather not see lots of dead flies
you may be aware that they will get more than theirhanging in their kitchen. Not only did electricity give us
fair share of flies (and wasps). Similarly, if you keepzappers but it also gave us ultra violet lamps. These
livestock, have stables or even a dog, you will havewill attract the flies to the glue, whereas sticky
more than the average amount of visits from curiouspapers tended to only work if there were enough of
flying insects. The same goes if you live near a foodthem or if the fly's seemingly random flight pattern
production plant or a refuse dump. For those whohappened to take it to the paper.Glue board fly killers
are in these areas, they too may prefer one ofare used extensively around the world. If you knew
these discreet fly killer "lamps" instead of thevery little about them before and know more now,
industrial-looking zappers. Life is more comfortable in athen at least, when you next are harassed by a fly
fly-free environment. There is nothing worse thanthat refuses to be swatted, you know there is
trying to entertain friends with a rolled up newspaperanother way to do it.Vernon Stent is the content
in one hand, at the ready. To be on constant guardwriter for Arkay Hygiene.
when you should be relaxing is not ideal. Worse still is