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Glass Fly Trap

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Glass fly traps have been around since the early 1800's. Originally hand blown, they were later mass produced. The flies are attracted with a honey solution or other substance poured into the inner reservoir. The flies enter via the lower inverted funnel, and then because they resist the chance of flying downwards, they are trapped. In the decades since then, glass fly traps have been replaced by sticky traps, insecticides, screening and bug-zappers.

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cwa-org-124-2020.627

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Social History

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150 mm

Height or length

120 mm

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ROOM 1.17 Early Settlers Lifestyle

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