USA Spider Chart

I am always wondering what kind of spider I have seen, this will help.

Make a mosquito trap

Making a Mosquito Trap
Supplies:
•1 2 liter soda bottle
•a sharp knife
•black paper
•tape
•candy thermometer
Take a 2 liter soda bottle. Cut off the top right below where it starts to narrow for the top, invert and place inside the lower half.

Make a simple sugar syrup.

Ingredients:
•1 cup sugar
•1 cup water
•2 cups cool water
•1 tsp. active dry yeast
Directions:
Bring 1 cup of the water to a boil.

Dissolve the sugar into the boiling water.

Once the sugar is dissolved completely, remove the pan from the heat. Stir in 2 cups cool water, stir well.

Check the temperature of the syrup to make sure it is no hotter than 90 degrees F, if hotter, let cool to 90 degrees F, add 1 tsp. active dry yeast, no need to mix. Put syrup in the bottom part of the bottle, using the cut off neck piece, leave in place.

Be sure to seal the two parts of the bottle with the tape. The fermenting yeast will release carbon dioxide. Put black paper around the bottle since mosquitoes like dark places and carbon dioxide. This mosquito trap will then start working.

TIPS: Put the trap in a dark and humid place for 2 weeks, you'll see the effect. You'll have to replace the sugar water + yeast solution every 2 weeks.

Frugal fly trap

This is a recipe for a frugal home made fly catcher. The one's you buy at the farm stores are smelly and expensive. My home made version works like wonders and is frugal. Here's what you do.
Take one empty 2 litre pop bottle (I like to take the label off but you don't have to)
Insert one banana peel
1 c. apple cider vinegar
1 c. sugar
Fill to where the bottle begins to slope at the top with warm water.
Replace the cap and shake.
Tie a wire or string around the top of the bottle and hang in the branches of a tree. Remove the bottle top and save for when you want to discard the full bottle.
The fly trap will fill and a 3 or 4 inch layer will form near the top, then suddenly it will sink to the bottom and a new layer will form. This will continue until the bottle is full. At which point you can replace the lid, remove from the tree and discard and replace with a new fly trap.
We put these all over the yard in the trees. Its amazing how they work. These are especially helpful if you have barn animals. I have found that these work best if they can be placed in tree branches as opposed to hung on a fence or the like. I don't know why.