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I've got this theory but don't laugh (though everyone else does)......
.....I hate flies but it's a question of know your enemy. I think if you kill flies, you attract more of the little buggers. Think about it, their job in life is to deal with dead decaying stuff. Of course, it's a different problem if you've got a decaying mass that is attracting flies that lay eggs (or whatever they do). That's a special problem that needs special attention. But if you just have some flies that have wandered in, don't kill them. For every one you kill, you will attract a few more. Shoo them out. It takes time and effort but you don't get a fly problem. Now, imagine me with my 'fly theory'. I spend a lot of the summer in front of open doors and windows shooing flies. My family get a huge laugh out of it. But we don't have flies. |
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I've got this theory but don't laugh (though everyone else does)......
.....I hate flies but it's a question of know your enemy. I think if you kill flies, you attract more of the little buggers. Think about it, their job in life is to deal with dead decaying stuff. Of course, it's a different problem if you've got a decaying mass that is attracting flies that lay eggs (or whatever they do). That's a special problem that needs special attention. But if you just have some flies that have wandered in, don't kill them. For every one you kill, you will attract a few more. Shoo them out. It takes time and effort but you don't get a fly problem. Now, imagine me with my 'fly theory'. I spend a lot of the summer in front of open doors and windows shooing flies. My family get a huge laugh out of it. But we don't have flies. |
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but we were getting 20 -30 at a time ALL day...nightmare...still feel dirty....euch....seem to have gone now but spoke to a neighbour and they are now getting the same problem....suppose its part and parcel of living back to a field and river at bottom of the garden....still disgusting though.......
Sorry, I'm out of my depth with that one. That would be a lot of shooing! (But I'm so tied to my theory I'd probably give it a go!) |
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Citronella, Bergamot, Lemon scents...all these cirtus scents flies tend to avoid. Get some citronella candles, light them so the scent will fill the room - it should rid them!
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Where have they got in ????
England uk nice winter time and Im housebound with no windowsopen cos of cold and we dont have a chimney ,its a modern house ,we have no pets ,never had mice or any kind of infestation BUT over the last few weeks Im getting 2 x big fat balck slow flies in the 2 x bathrooms ,I shut the doors of a night and when I get up in the morning they are there ,I cant work out where they are coming from ,its a well maintained very clean due to ocd house but these are really freaking me out ,Iv killed the ones Iv found but next day another couple appear ,how do I get rid of them and where can they be coming from ,Please any advice most welcome
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So you bumped a near 7 year old thread
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England uk nice winter time and Im housebound with no windowsopen cos of cold and we dont have a chimney ,its a modern house ,we have no pets ,never had mice or any kind of infestation BUT over the last few weeks Im getting 2 x big fat balck slow flies in the 2 x bathrooms ,I shut the doors of a night and when I get up in the morning they are there ,I cant work out where they are coming from ,its a well maintained very clean due to ocd house but these are really freaking me out ,Iv killed the ones Iv found but next day another couple appear ,how do I get rid of them and where can they be coming from ,Please any advice most welcome
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There is no food or any vegatation in the bathroom and I am a clean freak cleaning the toilets etc daily and I am the only person who uses them oh and sorry its an old thread I was just looking for help . I meant to say 2 each day which I kill only to find another one or two the next morning .
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There is no food or any vegatation in the bathroom and I am a clean freak cleaning the toilets etc daily and I am the only person who uses them oh and sorry its an old thread I was just looking for help . I meant to say 2 each day which I kill only to find another one or two the next morning .
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Lived in this house for 5 years never had this before oh well best get something massive to swap the invaders with
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Has flies stop?
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So you bumped a near 7 year old thread
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Have you got those fly paper roll things ? I had a few flies after I killed some rats and the fly papers were very effective.
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It's called "time flies".
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It's called "time flies".
Fruit flies like a banana |
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