Flies!!!

Sun_Sparkz · 10-27-2005, 10:39 PM

Its getting hotter here and the 40degree celcius plus heat is bringing the flies in droves to my house. Our house is the only standing in structure in a radius of about 5km so they all come to lay in the shade of my verandah and eat the leftover cat and guini pig food!

I am getting really fed up with the constant drone of "brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" outside the back door. It also doesnt help that my Goat has free reign of the houseyard and poops whereever she likes... and believe me.. she pops alot!!

So my question is this: does anyone know any good ideas for fly traps?

Ive seen some people put a mixture of stinky stuff in plastic bottles and hang them on trees to attract the flies (and i believe fruit flies too) so they fly in and can't get out, or they drown in the alluring mixture.

I need a cheap, pet friendly and preferably not too stinky solution.. i know i cant kill them all, but at least attract them AWAY from the house.

Anybody???

zippyt · 10-27-2005, 10:54 PM

as weird as it may sound a clear bag of water ,
like a 1/2 gallon ziploc bags of water hung about 20 ft apart ,
and to keep the yellow jackets away draw a thick red line across the baggie ,
i know this sounds weird , and I can't explain WHY it works but in VERRRRRRY stinky and nasty places I have seen this simple thing workwounders ,
not an absolute but it DEFFENTLY cuts down on the flying critter population .

Sun_Sparkz · 10-27-2005, 10:57 PM

so do you leave the bag open at the top? is the idea that they stay away from it, or they fly into it?

Your right.. it does sound weird.. but i'll try anything!

zippyt · 10-27-2005, 11:04 PM

you leaeve the bag open , they avoid it , weird i know but it is cheap enough to give it a try ,

Or you could get a bug zapper , hang it up , plug it in , and sit back with a cold one for some redneck entertainment !!!

NovemberRain · 10-27-2005, 11:05 PM

Same thing happened here today. I cranked up the air conditioner and killed them off.

Sun_Sparkz · 10-27-2005, 11:10 PM

us country hicks dont have air conditioning!

bug zappers are expensive here.. about $70 each, and i would need more than one. Also i think the zip, zip, zip would drive me nuts.

NovemberRain · 10-27-2005, 11:13 PM

The zapper couldn't be any more annoying than the flies buzzing around your head, walking on you with their tickly little feet, and trying to get into your eyes, could it?

Sun_Sparkz · 10-27-2005, 11:16 PM

haha true! They are just so grosse, We never had them on the coast like this.

i feel most sorry for my animals... they cant swat them away like we can, or go inside and escape them. Also i have to eat inside now.. i prefer to BBQ and eat on the deck.. but i cant do that anymore either.

Clodfobble · 10-27-2005, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by zippyt

you leaeve the bag open , they avoid it , weird i know but it is cheap enough to give it a try ,

I've seen the hanging clear bag of water trick used many, many times, and I can attest that it works. However, I've always seen the bags closed--that's how you hang it, you tie it off at the top and wrap the string or whatever around the knot in the bag. Someone once told me that it plays a trick of the light on the bugs' eyes somehow, and that's why they avoid them.

NovemberRain · 10-27-2005, 11:26 PM

Cooking indoors didn't help me today either. I smoked the place up frying chicken and had to open the door to let the smoke out. I figured fly season was over. Boy was I wrong.

feesh13 · 10-27-2005, 11:28 PM

Its getting cold here so they are finally going away.

Bug zappers are fun as are the electric fly swatters. We broke down and used those curly fly tape things this summer. They are cheap and work well just kind gross to look at and don't hang them where you can hit your head.

zippyt · 10-27-2005, 11:36 PM

I've seen the hanging clear bag of water trick used many, many times, and I can attest that it works. However, I've always seen the bags closed--that's how you hang it, you tie it off at the top and wrap the string or whatever around the knot in the bag. Someone once told me that it plays a trick of the light on the bugs' eyes somehow, and that's why they avoid them.

Open , closed , schlmeal , schmozel , If it works it works .

wolf · 10-28-2005, 12:31 AM

Very scary chemicals. That's what you need for the flies.

Of course, you're probably talking really big, evil horseflies. They bathe in scary chemicals. They are probably the result of scary chemicals, and any additional application of scary chemicals will only make them larger and more aggressive, and then you'll need Peter Graves to come to your rescue with a recording of their mating call and a fleet of boats equipped with really large stereo speakers ...

Cyclefrance · 10-28-2005, 06:16 AM

You need my friend Colin - he attracts flies....

barefoot serpent · 10-28-2005, 10:07 AM

see the link below for making traps with tanglefoot (scroll down to the deer flies section).

We use plastic cups with a hole punched thru the bottom and hung upside down from trees.

http://www.betterlawns.com/betterlaw...er02/joani.asp

10-27-2005, 10:39 PM	#1
Sun_Sparkz Has Body Temperature Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I come from a land downunder Posts: 1,105	Flies!!! Its getting hotter here and the 40degree celcius plus heat is bringing the flies in droves to my house. Our house is the only standing in structure in a radius of about 5km so they all come to lay in the shade of my verandah and eat the leftover cat and guini pig food! I am getting really fed up with the constant drone of "brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" outside the back door. It also doesnt help that my Goat has free reign of the houseyard and poops whereever she likes... and believe me.. she pops alot!! So my question is this: does anyone know any good ideas for fly traps? Ive seen some people put a mixture of stinky stuff in plastic bottles and hang them on trees to attract the flies (and i believe fruit flies too) so they fly in and can't get out, or they drown in the alluring mixture. I need a cheap, pet friendly and preferably not too stinky solution.. i know i cant kill them all, but at least attract them AWAY from the house. Anybody??? __________________ We'll never be as young as we are right now

10-27-2005, 10:54 PM	#2
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	as weird as it may sound a clear bag of water , like a 1/2 gallon ziploc bags of water hung about 20 ft apart , and to keep the yellow jackets away draw a thick red line across the baggie , i know this sounds weird , and I can't explain WHY it works but in VERRRRRRY stinky and nasty places I have seen this simple thing workwounders , not an absolute but it DEFFENTLY cuts down on the flying critter population . __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

10-27-2005, 10:57 PM	#3
Sun_Sparkz Has Body Temperature Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I come from a land downunder Posts: 1,105	so do you leave the bag open at the top? is the idea that they stay away from it, or they fly into it? Your right.. it does sound weird.. but i'll try anything! __________________ We'll never be as young as we are right now

10-27-2005, 11:04 PM	#4
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	you leaeve the bag open , they avoid it , weird i know but it is cheap enough to give it a try , Or you could get a bug zapper , hang it up , plug it in , and sit back with a cold one for some redneck entertainment !!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

10-27-2005, 11:05 PM	#5
NovemberRain Don't Call Me Shirley Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 79	Same thing happened here today. I cranked up the air conditioner and killed them off. __________________ "America is not a young land. She is very old. Before the white man, before the Indian, the evil was there, waiting." - William Burroughs, The Naked Lunch

10-27-2005, 11:10 PM	#6
Sun_Sparkz Has Body Temperature Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I come from a land downunder Posts: 1,105	us country hicks dont have air conditioning! bug zappers are expensive here.. about $70 each, and i would need more than one. Also i think the zip, zip, zip would drive me nuts. __________________ We'll never be as young as we are right now

10-27-2005, 11:13 PM	#7
NovemberRain Don't Call Me Shirley Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 79	The zapper couldn't be any more annoying than the flies buzzing around your head, walking on you with their tickly little feet, and trying to get into your eyes, could it? __________________ "America is not a young land. She is very old. Before the white man, before the Indian, the evil was there, waiting." - William Burroughs, The Naked Lunch

10-27-2005, 11:16 PM	#8
Sun_Sparkz Has Body Temperature Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: I come from a land downunder Posts: 1,105	haha true! They are just so grosse, We never had them on the coast like this. i feel most sorry for my animals... they cant swat them away like we can, or go inside and escape them. Also i have to eat inside now.. i prefer to BBQ and eat on the deck.. but i cant do that anymore either. __________________ We'll never be as young as we are right now

10-27-2005, 11:26 PM	#10
NovemberRain Don't Call Me Shirley Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 79	Cooking indoors didn't help me today either. I smoked the place up frying chicken and had to open the door to let the smoke out. I figured fly season was over. Boy was I wrong. __________________ "America is not a young land. She is very old. Before the white man, before the Indian, the evil was there, waiting." - William Burroughs, The Naked Lunch

10-27-2005, 11:28 PM	#11
feesh13 Romantic Necromancer Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 29	Its getting cold here so they are finally going away. Bug zappers are fun as are the electric fly swatters. We broke down and used those curly fly tape things this summer. They are cheap and work well just kind gross to look at and don't hang them where you can hit your head.

10-27-2005, 11:36 PM	#12
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	I've seen the hanging clear bag of water trick used many, many times, and I can attest that it works. However, I've always seen the bags closed--that's how you hang it, you tie it off at the top and wrap the string or whatever around the knot in the bag. Someone once told me that it plays a trick of the light on the bugs' eyes somehow, and that's why they avoid them. Open , closed , schlmeal , schmozel , If it works it works . __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

10-28-2005, 12:31 AM	#13
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Very scary chemicals. That's what you need for the flies. Of course, you're probably talking really big, evil horseflies. They bathe in scary chemicals. They are probably the result of scary chemicals, and any additional application of scary chemicals will only make them larger and more aggressive, and then you'll need Peter Graves to come to your rescue with a recording of their mating call and a fleet of boats equipped with really large stereo speakers ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-28-2005, 06:16 AM	#14
Cyclefrance Pump my ride! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deep countryside of Surrey , England Posts: 1,890	You need my friend Colin - he attracts flies.... __________________ Always sufficient hills - never sufficient gears

10-28-2005, 10:07 AM	#15
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	see the link below for making traps with tanglefoot (scroll down to the deer flies section). We use plastic cups with a hole punched thru the bottom and hung upside down from trees. http://www.betterlawns.com/betterlaw...er02/joani.asp

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