The present invention discloses attractants and bait stations comprising date derived syrup products for attracting biting flies and methods therein. The methods including the steps of: providing a bait station including: a date derived syrup product for attracting at least one type of biting fly selected from the group consisting of: mosquitoes sand flies stable flies biting midges and stomoxys and a substrate material for supporting the date derived syrup product and locating the bait station in a designated geographic area in order to attract said at least one type of biting fly. Preferably the date derived syrup product is derived from at least one date material selected from the group consisting of: dates date paste date syrup obtained from pressed dates and commercially available date syrup.
