Shoo Fly Shoo

I had come across a pin that was a homemade wasp trap. Actually a couple of pins. I can't find the exact one but in the comments I read about how to deter flies. Living in an area with horses and other barn animals my neighbors love to have, my fly problems get crazy. I had not tried this around my house. (not from lack of trying) I have the easy contraption laying on my barbecue but did not figure out where to hang it around my sliding door area. Then I just got lazy and gave up.
Over the last holiday weekend the family had the annual camping trip and being that the campground resort is a couple of miles from a cattle farm, the flies were obnoxious. So I brought up this little idea I had read and we decided, why not? It doesn't hurt to try it. Next thing I knew it, the contraptions were brought out and being hung by the camper with care. 

1 sandwich Ziploc bag
1 shiny penny
Water
Something to hang it

Place penny in bag, add water, about halfway, and hang in the desired area to deter the flies. Here is the picture.

You can see duct taped to the awning was the bag with the sparkly penny. lol. Two were placed on each side of the awning.

Now the question is; did it work? I am not completely sure. It seemed to work that there was less flies under that awning than the one we were sitting under facing it. The flies also seemed to accumulate at the tables in between us but under that awning it seemed those pesky little buggers were not wanting to go under. Coincidence or was it working? I would like to think so. We did it the next day on the other awning and there seemed to be flies but not as much. Again, was it working? Hmmmmm. I would say maybe.

I guess the best way to test this little trick out is at my back door and really see how the flies react. This will have to be tested next summer as our weather is cooling off enough that the flies have diminished to one or two by the door other than 20 or 30. Why not test again when really it is a pretty cheap way to deter the flies. Looks silly but who cares. :)

I also read this can help deter wasps as well. I don't know about that one either but 2 for the price of one, I say go for it.

I also noticed some campers were using electric fans and had them blowing to get rid of flies. Yes, we were fancy camping with hook ups so electricity was available.