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How does fly paper catch flies?

Updated: 10/9/2023
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pheromones that attract the insects, sticky glue that holds them, and poison that kills them in the off chance that they might escape the glue somehow before they died of starvation.

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Fly paper will catch mosquitoes and other bugs that comes in contact with it. Because the bugs can't get off the paper to feed, they end up dying.

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