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While using milk as a trap may suggest leaving spoiled milk out in the hopes some eager fly swan dives into it, the truth is that you really don’t need any spoiled milk at all. All you really need is ½ cup or so of milk, some black pepper, some sugar, and your choice of dish soap.
Taste of Home explains that, similarly to the vinegar trap, this one uses dish soap to trap unsuspecting flies. First, combine the ½ cup of milk and sugar together before heating the mixture on your stovetop or in the microwave. You may need to stir it occasionally to help the sugar dissolve to make that sweet nectar-like bait. Then, add a few drops of dish soap, although, unlike the vinegar trap, you should stir the soap into the milk to give the surface that sticky sheen. All that’s left is to sprinkle some black pepper on top and then set the trap in your area of choice.
The milk trap, however, was deemed to be the “most frustrating” by Taste of Home, as it was hard to tell whether the specks were flies or simply bits of black pepper. Taste of Home also notes that only three flies were caught during the amount of time the trap was left out. Perhaps this is a trap best suited for if you have only a few little buggers flying around rather than a noticeable infestation.
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