House flies

[a.twiddler]

We give 'our' flies 3 chances to get out of the house. If they don't, then splat or a dose of Mrs SD's 'hairspray' or whatever they call it these days.

If you use hairspray don't they all end up in front of the mirror admiring themselves? Or do they just glide out of the window?

 

[presta]

Yeah, I do that with wasps, spiders, moths, etc. I have a special dish & piece of card put aside for that - it saves washing the glass after each catch.

But the flies have such good backward vision and reactions that I can't trap them.

Flies only respond to fast moving objects, you need to creep up on them slowly so they don't react. There's fun to be had with the crevice nozzle on the Hoover, if you approach them slowly enough they just sit there until they suddenly disappear up the spout like the banana in Wafter's avatar.

 

[Electric_Andy]

I don't have a problem killing flies and wasps. Got to be careful with wasps as they secrete a scent when dying, to attract others.

Bees though, I take great care to put them out the window

 

[gbb]

Get a length of net curtain and an extending pole, hang it on the exterior of the door. It allows the door to stay open but virtually stops altogether flies coming in. We have a curtain hook on one side, then you can pull it to one side as required.

More effective than the dangling plastic straps...

 

[Chromatic]

How is it that if I open the door for more than about 5 seconds a house fly will get in but when I open a window to let it out it'll batter itself against the glass for hours without realising that outside is just an inch away over the frame?

I wouldn't mind so much but I don't know where it wiped it's feet before it came indoors

Your post reminded me of this which I saw on another forum a couple of days ago:

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

How weird - a couple of days ago I was thinking back over 50 years to the one that I had!

It was called a 'sonic gun'.

I don't think that they would be allowed now, looking and sounding like a real rifle. They were so powerful that I could topple Scrabble tiles from across a room! I would place them all around the room and see how long it took me to shoot them. Lord knows how my parents and neighbours put up with the noise.

My dad smashed up my sonic gun after I accidentally fired it as a friend of my sister walked into shot. I almost deafened her and her father came round threatening to call the police!

Yes - that was it - great thing

and no - I am not getting one for the grand kids - not unless they keep it at the other grandparents' house!!!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Get a length of net curtain and an extending pole, hang it on the exterior of the door. It allows the door to stay open but virtually stops altogether flies coming in. We have a curtain hook on one side, then you can pull it to one side as required.

More effective than the dangling plastic straps...

we have just got a curtain thing made of fine mesh which attaches to the window with velcro
and has a split down the middle which is held together with strip magnet
you can just walk through it and it closes behind you


the SOnic Gun was more fun though

 

[craigwend]

Ever seen a house fly...


View: https://youtu.be/_v2exWrsGOc?feature=shared

 

[Beebo]

I count them as extra calories to keep me going nom nom nom.

You just have to hope they haven’t been sitting on a dog poo all day!

 

[PhotoNic69]

Need to get some Fly Paper!

 

[a.twiddler]

In an alternative universe a fly paper would be something that gave flies something interesting to read, to to distract them while you prepared to zap them.

 

[classic33]

Need to get some Fly Paper!

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Get the "newer" cyanide impregnated window stickers. The bright colours attract the insects, they land on the sticker and are killed.

There's also ultrasonic pest control devices available. Or just crack a dry tea towel in the air, when the flies are about. The supersonic crack from the tip of the towel knocks them out of the air for a while.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Boom Boom!
What has six legs and flies? Three pairs of trousers! (if we're going down that route).

What do you call a fly that's lost it wings?

A walk! 😏

 

[Accy cyclist]

My fruit fly 'community' has returned due to the hot weather and me leaving empty beer bottles in my kitchen. I don't mind them as they are fairly clean, only bothering with fruit and beer. They don't land on dog shoot 🤮 or rotting food, so they can stay, just as long as they don't massively multiply, then I have to hoover them up.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

We just put a sign on the door saying no flies. Seems to work.