This is what the fly traps in the shed looked like last Tuesday:
September 24, 2014
Andy replaced them with fresh ones, and this is what they looked like 24 hours later:
September 25, 2014
Yuck!
The traps in the attic of the house look about the same, but they do seem to work. He doesn’t get many flies down on the ground floor.
So it’s not just mammals that are trying to get out of the cold.
Do you ever have trouble with flies and/or bugs?
September 29, 2014
yuck
Yep. 🙁
Anyone who’s been to Australia will tell you stories about our flies and bugs. Ugh, we have bugs for every season and occasion. We even have a body language long known as “the Australian Salute” – and have turned the flicking away of flies into an art form. There isn’t one person in this country who doesn’t “eat” a fly or two (or more) every summer 🙂
As the weather warms up, the familiar sound of “the blowie” is heard in households across the nation. And flywire doors/windows slam shut in the hopes of preventing their entry into the house – to no avail. Little buggers get in anyway.
As for our infamous spiders and snakes, I won’t even get started…
That’s really yucky! I hadn’t realized it was so bad there.
Flies occasionally, but mosquitoes often. No bugs of any kind whatsoever. The garden sees a lot of butterflies, dragon flies and bees.
We’re lucky — very few mosquitoes. We do get spiders in the house down here.
We protect the animals. Who’s going to protect the flies?
The RId-a-Rat isn’t doing that well protecting the rats in the truck. And I don’t think anyone has a device to warn flies away.
That’s a horrifying collection of dead flies. Here in our lower temperatures we see very few flies, they aren’t a problem at all. And absolutely no snakes or scorpions.
I’m not sure why there are so many up there. They’re very rare down here in the apartment, thank goodness.
that settles it.
i wanna live where nick lives! 😀
LOLOL Haha 😀 I love your comments
Yes, I can understand why!
We’ve been blessed with few flies or mosquitoes most of this trip. However, as we get closer to Arkansas, we’ve been having to use insect repellant if we want to spend any time outside at these nearly vacant campgrounds. We’ll be home tomorrow.
I imagine with all your moisture and greenery mosquitoes would be more of a problem where you live. It sounds as if you had a great trip.
Ever since moving into town I am blessed with no flies, bugs or anything. Not even a moth when the windows are wide open and the lights are on. I find it mildly disconcerting how little wild life there is.
Those fly strips of yours are ghastly – even ghastlier than your battle with rats. My brother-in-law (they live rural) does wage war on flies. However, fair man that he is, he does give them a chance to escape. So his only weapon is a fly swat. One of those plastic contraptions. Talking of flies: Have forgotten the title, one of those mesmerizing Westerns, opening scene several guys waiting for a train to arrive. One of them (trying to get some sleep) beset by a buzzing fly. Till he ran out of patience. Yes, Jean, you can find beauty even in a Bluebottle. Though if anyone could explain to me why those blighters were created in the first place I’d be grateful.
The only comfort I can offer to flies caught either in a spider net or dying a slow death on a strip of sticky sellotape: At least you won’t be compelled to eat more shit.
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That’s interesting that you don’t even have moths if you open the window at night.
Your comment reminds me of the Cheerful Cherub: