I purchased a small tub of sticky goo, made for the sole purpose of making fly traps. The goo is, according to the manufacturer, non-toxic so I thought I'd give it a try. The flies I'm after are biting flies, like
deer flies and horse flies. They see more by infra-red and less by visible light. I purchased two black buckets from the
local big hardware store, removed the handle, drilled a hole in the center of the bottom, flipped it upside down and attached them to a step-in post. I then brushed the outside of this
bucket with the goo. It heats up in the sun and unsuspecting biting flies
land on it. I'll come back with a picture of that.
I also had the cows in the handling facility the other week and horseflies were tormenting them. I cut a small piece of
cardboard and brushed the sticky goo on most of it, leaving a small portion of one end clean as a handle. I then walked up to the two cows that let me get that close, and I tapped them across their backs with the sticky cardboard catching the horseflies. It worked well.