Starbar Bite Free Stable Fly Trap

Stable flies make horses and cattle restless. They bite the legs and lower body, and the animals stomp and shift instead of settling in to eat or rest. A trap that works the low spots where those flies gather gives you a real way to thin them out, and it does that without a spray on the animals.

This one runs on sunlight and stickiness. When light shines through the translucent surface, the shimmer draws stable flies in, and they stay on the adhesive. The surface is weatherproof, so it won't melt in summer heat or wash away in a rain, and you can leave it hanging through the season instead of resetting it after every storm.

Highlights

• Shimmering surface draws biting stable flies in sunlight
• Holds over 8,000 biting stable flies
• Weatherproof adhesive won't melt in heat or wash away in rain
• Hangs outdoors, 3 to 4 feet off the ground
• Fits barns, livestock facilities, kennels and outdoor areas
• 360 degrees of trapping surface

Why a sticky trap for stable flies

Sprays knock flies down for a while, but a trap keeps working on the flies that come to it. Once a stable fly lands on the adhesive, it stays there. That makes a trap a good companion to a spray program around horses, cattle and kennels, where a spray is harder to place near the animals and fly pressure never fully lets up.

Stable flies favor the lower parts of a barn and the edges of outdoor areas, so the trap belongs at that level, not up high where nobody looks. It suits the weekend rider with a couple of horses, the cattle operation with a row of pens, and the family with a kennel out back. There's no power, mixing or schedule to keep. Hang it, check it, and swap it when it's covered.

At a glance

How to use it

1. Pick a spot where sunlight reaches the surface. The shimmer only pulls flies when light comes through it.
2. Hang the trap outdoors, 3 to 4 feet off the ground.
3. Set it in a highly visible, sunlit spot just outside the areas where livestock feed and are held.
4. When the surface is covered, pull the trap and hang a fresh one.

Good to know

• Keep the sticky side away from kids, pets and your own clothes.
• Check the surface after a heavy fly stretch and replace the trap once it's loaded up, since a covered trap stops catching flies.
• Pairs well with on-animal fly products from the same aisle for a fuller fly program.
• Keep spare traps on the shelf so a loaded one comes down the same day.

About Starbar

Starbar is one of the insect control brands from Central Life Sciences, which makes and sells recognized brands in animal health, specialty pest control and public health. Central Life Sciences traces its work to the discovery of the first insect growth regulator, (S)-methoprene, and aims for environmentally compatible insect control.

Hang one before stable flies settle in for the season.