Flies

[Warren D]

We have had quite a lot over this way too. I was building a wall the other day and the flies were driving me crazy. I'm sure they were waiting until I had my hands full with a block before landing on me. This went on until about 4pm when they went away only to be replaced by the dreaded mozzies! There was even more of them and they were getting me through my shirt so I had to concede defeat and retreat indoors. They have run me off several times in the past few weeks.

[Tallulah]

Yep, loads of the little blighters here as well. Must be the weather, because I don't remember it being this bad this late in the year before. Thought it might be the rural surroundings - the smallholdings around here, especially when the chap next door does a bit of muck spreading round his veggies....but no, they're persistent!! Hopefully as it starts to cool down a bit they'll disappear again. I've tried plastic bags with water, bunches of dried lavender, swats and sprays - to no avail. In Carrefour some time ago they sold a plug in for them (it contained a little vial of liquid a bit like an air freshner plug in thingie) but I haven't seen those in the shops recently. They used to work quite well. And with all the good weather lasting so late into the year, the mozzies are still around too! Oh well....I really don't fancy hanging up one of those zapping blue light thingies you used to see in chip shops!! (Doesn't quite suit my decor!!)

Tally.x

[MaidenScotland]

Tally, they have the blue light but all they capture are mozzies and moths, because it is so bright during the day the flies don't go to it and of course flies sleep at night when the light is visable.
Strange thing is they don't really get that many mozzies. My son in law has looked for fly papers but cant find them... horrible to look at I know but they are a can of spray everyday and they are concerned about what they are breathing in. Years ago in the UK I used to buy a marker pen that put a clear liquid onto the window and that was brilliant, the flies would land on it and then die in a couple of minutes

[Tallulah]

Originally Posted by MaidenScotland

Tally, they have the blue light but all they capture are mozzies and moths, because it is so bright during the day the flies don't go to it and of course flies sleep at night when the light is visable.
Strange thing is they don't really get that many mozzies. My son in law has looked for fly papers but cant find them... horrible to look at I know but they are a can of spray everyday and they are concerned about what they are breathing in. Years ago in the UK I used to buy a marker pen that put a clear liquid onto the window and that was brilliant, the flies would land on it and then die in a couple of minutes

Hi Maiden,
Yes - the fly tapes are brilliant - just don't look very nice!! I'm surprised they can't find them though - they're available pretty much everywhere - just look for papeles atrapamoscas or cintas adhesivos atrapamoscas. Should get them in the local ferreteria or even in one of those "sell everything" general stores. My MIL used to have them hanging up in her kitchen - and of course, being rather tall, they used to get stuck in my hair when I was in there! YUK!!! Another thing MIL used to buy was a little yellow powder that she would leave in small dishes around the place - obviously with little ones running around that wasn't the best solution, but the flies were attracted to it and it kept the fly population down.