Comments on: Fly Fly Away

By: Coco

Coco — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 05:26:26 +0000

My kids bought a fun thing that kills bugs. It is shaped like a small plastic tennis racket and runs on batteries. When you swat at a fly with it they somehow become zapped and die. It makes a loud pop which is kind of scary but the kids love it. Our problem was that they went outside and couldn’t find any bugs to swat at. It sounds like your kids could stay busy for a while.

By: Daniela

Daniela — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:48:51 +0000

I used to live up North in Canada and on the Island which I have resided, we used to get hit each summer with Cluster Flies. Well the name lets you know…they come in CLUSTERS…and lots of them. I found out that they were brought in inside the bricks that people used to build their houses. Each fall…the ones that you didn’t manage to kill, which was LOTS of them…..would lay their eggs inside the houses and so next spring…there they were again. Killing 15 at one time was NOTHING. It was gross….I hated them….and no matter what I tried (and many others) just wasn’t working, accept the sticky tapes. As gross as I thought they were, hanging in your house, they worked. I know that ‘bombing’ the place in the spring and fall was also very helpful, but you had to keep it up to stay on top of it. You never won the war but at least you could see a lot less of them. As much as I miss ‘my island’ I do NOT miss the cluster flies. Hope you find something that helps you.

By: Brittany

Brittany — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:59:52 +0000

I have horses so I feel your pain…the flies are everywhere! I’ve heard leaving standing water around (like in bowls) works. But I haven’t had any success with it. I use Hot Shot Kitchen Bug Killer – but I only use it around the floor base.

By: Hadias

Hadias — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:11:10 +0000

I don’t have any solutions for your fly problem. But if it’s any consolation, I don’t want you to be the lady who swallowed a fly either.

I hope one of the many solutions left in your comments helps.

By: Kalisha

Kalisha — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:01:01 +0000

OMG! It is a little funny to me because the almost the exact same thing happened to me, but I almost swallowed a fly at the bottom of my glass of OJ. Yuck, I thought I would die!
I have a fly problem too and I read online to get cedar wood and put it around your house and near doors. And my mother-in-law said to hang dryer sheets near doors and windows. I haven’t tried that yet. I just don’t leave my doors open until late night.
Sometimes I get so caught up in swatting flies that I see my 2 year old running around with a rag, swatting the air yelling, “dang flies!” HA!
Goodluck to you,
Kalisha

By: Antoinette

Antoinette — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 17:31:53 +0000

It looks like you got some helpful advice already – I hope it works for you.
Antoinette

By: Kristy

Kristy — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 20:38:12 +0000

That’s gross. LOL..

By: Stephanie Reed

Stephanie Reed — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:30:17 +0000

Bleah. Used to have this problem when we lived near cows. We don’t live there anymore. But that’s not why we moved, just a fringe benefit.

By: Carol

Carol — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 17:33:11 +0000

Okay, I’m thoroughly grossed out. I would not be a happy camper there. I guess the guys on the base need to stop bleeding so much, and get rid of there kills more thoroughly…

Just kidding. I’m in a wierd mood. I hope that they leave soon.

Carol

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:16:50 +0000

Two suggestions:
1) Buy an anole (a.k.a. chameleon). It will eat all the flies you can catch. Catching flies keeps the kids busy, too.

2) Buy an electronic bug-zapper.

3) Fly paper?

That’s OK. I found a fly (or spider; can’t remember which) trapped under a lid that I’d been using to close up my blueberries. I just flicked it away and continued using the berries.

“What doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger.”