The annoying, terribly annoying flies. Do you have a huge insect that keeps buzzing around you or a skilled and fast beast that you can't locate and eliminate? We are trained in hunting and can help you by dispensing profound wisdom acquired over the years; all aimed at suppressing your fly.
Steps
Method 1 of 3: Using Household Chemicals
Step 1. Choose your weapon
Purchase a household cleaning spray or any similar harmful substance that you can spray but won't damage the elements in your home.
Step 2. Make sure you have enough product to do the job (plenty)
You may need to spray at your target five or six times, maybe even twenty times, if you're exasperated enough to react like a Rambo-type fly killer.
Check that the bottle has enough product to completely asphyxiate the fly or, ultimately, drown the unfortunate victim
Step 3. Approach the prey
Don't get in front of her or sideways. Instead, sneak in from behind. (Put on your "sneakers." They are silent and allow you to sneak up on your victim.)
Step 4. Spray the fly
Keep spraying until you're sure it's really dead.
Step 5. Grab a paper towel, or better yet, a couple of slips of notepad to lift the victim's body out of where it is, out of the puddle of death
Remember: you will also need to clean up any leftover chemical.
Step 6. Put the dead fly outside or in the trash
You can give her a proper burial, but it would be inappropriate to "hoist" a flag at half mast (unless you want to create a video for YouTube and are really bent on overdoing it).
Step 7. Wash your hands
This is an important step after killing a fly, as these insects carry diseases and germs. (And that's only part of what they can bring.)
Did you know that flies are incredibly aerodynamic? But you've never heard of a fly carrying fifteen or twenty times its weight, right? Probably not, but it still carries a lot of germs
Method 2 of 3: Use a rubber band
Step 1. Choose your weapon
Take an elastic of medium width, about 7.5 cm long (when it is not stretched). A rubber band suitable for this macabre operation are: # 16, # 18, # 19, # 31, # 32 or # 33.
Step 2. Develop the throwing technique with the elastic
If necessary, practice a couple of times before hunting the fly so that you can perfect your technique.
- Make a fist with your hand and extend your arm out in front of you. The thumb should be resting on top of the fist with the tip pointing forward. Attach the elastic to the tip of the thumb and pull it back with the other hand. You can use two fingers or just one to stretch it.
- Ideally, the elastic should be parallel and flat, so it is difficult for it to hit the thumb or hand upon release.
- When you are ready, point the rubber band at the target and release it so that it is fired over the thumb and towards the target.
- Once you have fine-tuned your aim, you can think about increasing your throwing force. Although it is not necessary to pulp the fly just in contact with the elastic, the latter must not even be delicate. Speed and power must be at least moderate.
Step 3. Continue to keep an eye on the fly
If you want, you can play the part of a ninja, if it helps. Try imitating a cat, walking casually, or just sneaking up on it like a cattle thief.
Step 4. Wait patiently until the fly lands on a stable object
There shouldn't be any delicate objects around, as you could risk breaking it when you throw your rubber band.
Step 5. Double check to make sure nothing around (apart from the fly) can be damaged if you miss your aim
Step 6. Pull the elastic back
Make sure you apply enough tension to "shoot" well past your prey, but not so much that you risk breaking the rubber band (especially if you don't have a second backup weapon at hand).
Step 7. Take aim by following the direction of the elastic with your eye and make sure that it hooks well on the knuckle of your finger
The most common cause of a wrong shot is deviation caused by contact with part of the hand. Make sure you shoot well.
Step 8. Take a deep breath and assume a Zen attitude (if you can)
Step 9. Release the elastic precisely
Bingo! The fly can't see the rubber band approaching, none can (unless it has met the cousin of the Atomic Ant).
Step 10. Retrieve the elastic
Put it in your pocket if you managed to "catch your fly". If not, continue to follow the creature and try a second, third shot and so on … At this point, however, you will have improved your shooting technique and become familiar with the rubber band. If not, ask wikiHow for an article to be written that covers "How to accurately shoot a rubber band to kill a fly", wait for it to be published, then follow the instructions by training or practicing (based on what the article recommends.).
Step 11. Clean up the mess created during the hunt once you have made your "roll"
Sometimes parts of the victim's body can splash on the window, wall or any other surface on which it was placed. Spray what's left of your prey with a household cleaner and scrub using a paper towel.
Step 12. Dispose of the dead fly properly
- The carcass should end up in landfills (do you know that flies are unhealthy?) Following the path of the garbage truck.
- Alternatively, you can throw it in the compost. In this way, his brothers and sisters can visit the "burial" site more easily. (In any case, it is very likely that they are already in the compost zone.)
Step 13. Wash your hands
Step 14. And now go hunting for the second victim
Method 3 of 3: Using Hairspray
Step 1. Take the time to study the abilities of your nemesis (the fly)
Follow Michael Dickinson's talk on how a fly flies on the Ted program for an overview.
Step 2. Know that most of the maneuvers made by a fly depend on where the wings attach to the body
If they are immobilized, flies become "walkers."
Step 3. Be aware that hairspray is essentially a fixative product
Chemists around the world have been working in laboratories for years to find the formulation, test and refine the products to fix the hair. And guess what? The hairspray is not specific for the hair but acts indiscriminately on everything it is sprayed on, including the wings of flies.
Step 4. Pursue your victim
(Don't worry - you won't be reported to the police for this type of stalking.) Simply observe the fly and get in a good position to intercept the trajectory of this pesky pest that flutters boldly.
Step 5. Spray the fly with a good hit of hairspray
Done! Now grab a glass and… your walking bug.
Step 6. Trap the fly in a clear glass
Turn it over and place it on top of the fly.
Step 7. Slide a slip of paper under the glass and fly
Step 8. Take everything (glass, paper and fly) to the bathroom
Step 9. Throw the fly in the toilet and flush the toilet
Goodbye dead flies! Note: This "sea" burial can be just as ceremonious if you wish, but there is no real need to exaggerate. It's just a fly… walking and… done for.
