Deer Fly Traps

Step 5 Hanging trap lure construction

The wire is sold at home and garden centers as a "tomato cage, 33-inch" and I modify it by bending the three upright wires to form "shoulders" and to join each other, with one end bent to make a small loop that will accept a hanging string. A 33-gallon black plastic yard bag having its own plastic tie cord is modified by applying a tab of duct tape in the middle of the bag's closed edge, inside and outside, for strength. A slit is cut in the tape to allow the wire hanging loop to poke out of the bag.