Help - So Many Flies!
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Help - So Many Flies!
Can anyone recommend anything to help cut down the number of flies, as we seem to be having a real problem with them at the moment? Many thanks.
- barbersdrove
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They are a nuisance but thankfully we don't suffer from them too much here in east Anglia. However, my other half is obsessional about getting each and every one! I have tried sprays but don;t like using something we can breath in too. Recently i've found a sticker for the window that is like a sunflower. the flies seem to be attracted to it and they stick on it.
it's not that nice to look at and needs changing regularly but it does the job really well. I suppose it works on the same basis as the old fly paper but is much better aesthetically.
it's not that nice to look at and needs changing regularly but it does the job really well. I suppose it works on the same basis as the old fly paper but is much better aesthetically.
A cream cake a day keeps the wrinkles at bay:)
I can recommend the red top fly catcher too.
http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf/st ... p-fly-trap
I also use fly papers in the house....Not the best things to look at, but they work really well.
http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf/st ... p-fly-trap
I also use fly papers in the house....Not the best things to look at, but they work really well.
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Exactly my strategy. I also leave them for the guests and explain although they look disgusting they work. I use the red top fly trap outside, you can't use them inside as they stink. Very effective.The sticker things on the window never seem to work and they are a nightmare to take off. Plus guests often stick them within the reach of children which isn't a good idea as they are toxic.FordMill wrote:I can recommend the red top fly catcher too.
http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf/st ... p-fly-trap
I also use fly papers in the house....Not the best things to look at, but they work really well.
ooh my first response post we use these due the chickens they are brilliantla vache! wrote:Exactly my strategy. I also leave them for the guests and explain although they look disgusting they work. I use the red top fly trap outside, you can't use them inside as they stink. Very effective.The sticker things on the window never seem to work and they are a nightmare to take off. Plus guests often stick them within the reach of children which isn't a good idea as they are toxic.FordMill wrote:I can recommend the red top fly catcher too.
http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf/st ... p-fly-trap
I also use fly papers in the house....Not the best things to look at, but they work really well.
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Well, I've just ordered a couple of these - eventually found an eBay seller who'd deliver to France - so I'm hoping for a Result!
Agree that the things you stick on windows are as good as useless, AND it's near impossible to get them off.
Our terrace is surrounded by aromatic plants and herbs (including citronella), and it makes not a blind bit of difference This does seem to be a bad year so far - and we're being plagued too with some very small, particularly stupid wasps who seem to want to sample everything I'm eating, usually just as I'm putting it in my mouth. They clearly have the Little Wasp Syndrome as their sting is out of all proportion to their importance ...
Agree that the things you stick on windows are as good as useless, AND it's near impossible to get them off.
Our terrace is surrounded by aromatic plants and herbs (including citronella), and it makes not a blind bit of difference This does seem to be a bad year so far - and we're being plagued too with some very small, particularly stupid wasps who seem to want to sample everything I'm eating, usually just as I'm putting it in my mouth. They clearly have the Little Wasp Syndrome as their sting is out of all proportion to their importance ...
this year as well as the red tops for the flies we have hung up some waspinators also - so far very effective http://www.waspinator.co.uk
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I also recommend a "Red Top Fly Trap". It works a treat. The smell is so awful that we have to hang it at a distance from a tree in the garden but that doesn't matter, because it's a 'magnet' for all the flies in a wide radius. I used to sit at this computer squirting the can at countless flies which kept settling. Now there isn't a single one.FordMill wrote:I can recommend the red top fly catcher too.
http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf/st ... p-fly-trap
They are not cheap at £17 a pair on Amazon, but well worth it.
We supply sticky fly strips and spray for inside .
Outside we pop Red Tops up, they are very good but extremely smelly. Understandably our guests aren't keen if they find themselves downwind of them
I just wish some clever scientist would come up with a repellent to spray for the patio, shutters, doors to move the pesky flies away.
Has anyone had any luck with plants like citronella scented geraniums?
Outside we pop Red Tops up, they are very good but extremely smelly. Understandably our guests aren't keen if they find themselves downwind of them
I just wish some clever scientist would come up with a repellent to spray for the patio, shutters, doors to move the pesky flies away.
Has anyone had any luck with plants like citronella scented geraniums?
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