flypapers
Adhesive insect catchers
Flypapers are strips of paper coated with sticky, often poisonous substances, hung to trap and kill flies.
The singular flypaper sometimes appears figuratively for anything that attracts and holds: The scandal stuck to him like flypaper.
Apt to adhere
- tackyVulgar or slightly sticky
- gummySticky and soft
- viscousThick and slow-flowing
- glueyTending to stick
resinous · coating · residue · paste · trap · snare · catch · grip
Device for catching prey
capture · ensnare · entrapment · ambush · attract · entice · pitfall · net
Harmful creature or nag
- mosquitoBlood-feeding flying pest
- gnatMinute biting fly
- mothNight-flying lepidopteran
- houseflyDomestic dipteran insect
fruitfly · midge · blowfly · horsefly · bug · aphid · ant · wasp
Draw toward oneself
- lureThing that tempts
- irresistibleImpossible to withstand
- magnetObject producing attractive field
- honeypotDecoy system catching attackers
bait · enticement · temptation · draw · allure · captivate · ensnare · entangle
sticky
Apt to adhere
gluey · resinous · coating · residue · paste · trap · snare · catch · grip · bond
snare
Device for catching prey
catch · capture · ensnare · entrapment · ambush · attract · entice · pitfall · net · web
pest
Harmful creature or nag
housefly · fruitfly · midge · blowfly · horsefly · bug · aphid · ant · wasp · hornet
attract
Draw toward oneself
- lureThing that tempts
- irresistibleImpossible to withstand
- magnetObject producing attractive field
honeypot · bait · enticement · temptation · draw · allure · captivate · ensnare · entangle · stuck
flypapersfly swatters
Pest-killing hand tools
swatters · bug zappers · flyswatter · hands
flypapersinsect repellent
Substance deterring biting pests
insect repellents · citronella candles · mosquito repellent · fly screens · mosquito nets