Flypaper Collection

Vintage textured roses in basket
Creamy white and red-edged roses in a basket with a Valentine Day theme

FLYPAPER SELLER 1870
A flypaper seller. Date: 1870

FLYPAPER PEDLAR C19
A street pedlar of FLY-PAPER, calling Catch em alive, oh! Date: 1887

African Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis), lithograph, published in 1882
African Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis). Lithograph, published in 1882

Blue Hydrangea In Garden Window
Macro capture of the tiny flowers of a blue flowering hydrangea plant as seen in my kitchens garden window

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus) crop, with sticky flypaper, growing in hydroponics unit, Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England, April

Flies on flypaper. Crane flies and other flies caught on flypaper

Crane fly on flypaper

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Step back in time with this vintage scene of a flypaper seller, depicted in a textured roses basket, labeled "FLYPAPER SELLER 1870." The intriguing display includes an African Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis) and a lithograph of the bird, published in 1882. A Swallowtail Butterfly flutters nearby, adding a touch of nature's beauty to the scene. In the background, a blue Hydrangea blooms in a garden window, while Dore's 1872 wood engraving of "The Fly-Paper Merchant" adds historical context. Fast forward to the present, and we find a hydroponics unit in Todmorden, West Yorkshire, England, growing a Cucumber crop with sticky flypaper to protect the produce from pesky flies. The scene comes full circle as flies are once again drawn to the irresistible trap, this time a Crane fly on flypaper. A timeless solution to a universal problem, the allure remains unchanged.