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How to catch houseflies?
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You'll catch some flies (and various other insects) with fly paper. The good thing is that it doesn't smell.
Never heard of houseflies going for vinegar, AFAIK that's for fruit flies (and even that is rather tricky IME).
It's apple cider vinegar that works, regular vinegar doesn't really work well.
Osage oranges also are great for fruit flies.
I set by the compost bin a little glass half full of apple cider vinegar with a couple drops of dish soap, covered in cling film with numerous large holes punched through. Takes care of all of the fruit flies.