Flyspray

[Mully]

robocan is your friend.

Mmm, we got the cheap knock-off one from the Warehouse.

It's great. Adjustable timer. And you can use the pyrethrum (sp?) one if you don't like spraying chemicals.

[PrincessBandit]

Have to agree with the ro-robo-robo-can-can stuff. Brilliant. One canister does our whole house - it's situated in the kitchen but we see crawling and flying things dying even in our conservatory which is separated from the kitchen by the lounge and hallway.
The bonus is that it takes care of the mozzies too which used to plague us at night. Our fishpond is not far from the bedroom window and in the summer, needing the window open, they were a continual source of annoyance.

Did try one of those blue zapper lights a few years back but the noise of them frying when they landed was irritating after a while and, to be honest, it didn't seem to do much for flies. Mum and Dad used to use those long dangly sticky strips for catching flies very successfully, but (a) they looked GROSS and (b) the flies in our house never went near them.

Also tried once using a product which was design to attract flies away from the house but unfortunately it stunk like shit (it probably was liquid shit) - even down the back of the section you could still smell it, so that didn't last too long!

So my vote is still for robocan as well.

[The Stranger:Me]

Have to agree with the ro-robo-robo-can-can stuff. Brilliant. One canister does our whole house - it's situated in the kitchen but we see crawling and flying things dying even in our conservatory which is separated from the kitchen by the lounge and hallway.
The bonus is that it takes care of the mozzies too which used to plague us at night. Our fishpond is not far from the bedroom window and in the summer, needing the window open, they were a continual source of annoyance.

Did try one of those blue zapper lights a few years back but the noise of them frying when they landed was irritating after a while and, to be honest, it didn't seem to do much for flies. Mum and Dad used to use those long dangly sticky strips for catching flies very successfully, but (a) they looked GROSS and (b) the flies in our house never went near them.

Also tried once using a product which was design to attract flies away from the house but unfortunately it stunk like shit (it probably was liquid shit) - even down the back of the section you could still smell it, so that didn't last too long!

So my vote is still for robocan as well.

Hmm, reading this post I just realised how fucked up I am.
Have 2 x robo cans, 2 X fly paper strips (rocky roads) and one bug zapper.
Fuck the flys, shitting all over my house, well not now eh, little bastards!

[imdying]

Cooool ! So they'll hear it coming and be cringing ! Wait off topic !!! Back to flys !!!

Naw, they've got no ears... but the neighbours dog doesn't shit on the lawn anymore. Which is good... for the dog, it's a lot less likely to get a pick axe in the back of the head now.

[vifferman]

And you can use the pyrethrum (sp?) one if you don't like spraying chemicals.

Pyrethrum is a chemical, originally derived from flowers (chrysanthemums) but often synthetically produced. Almost all insect sprays now use a pyrethroid of some sort.
How it works is that it interferes with the transmission of acetyl-cholines in the insect's body, and they die from a combination of basically wearing themselves out and being paralysed. This takes a while - it's not an instant killer. (If you want that, try lighting the spray before you squirt the fly with it )
It affects us too (that's why your tongue goes numb if you breath in any of the droplets), but we need a HUGE dose to kill us, and our metabolism breaks down and neutralises the pyrethrum anyway.

[kezzafish]

take a 1.5 or 2.25 litlre coke bottle and cut off the top just below where the bottle becomes straight. wrap up some fresh meat in chicken wire and put at the bottom of the bottle and submerge in water. invert the cut off top and tape in place. Hope you get what i mean but basically the flies go in cos of the rotting meat smell but can't quite get to it cos it's under water they then try to get out but are too fukin stoopid to find the bottle cap hole they flew in. Many many flies meet their end this way. Keep it outside cos it'll really stink after a while and will become an incubator for maggots who hatch into flys then die in the same way as their mummys

[RC1]

Wasn't thinking hands here !

Got the dog into it with the blowies now

are we still talking flys ??

[sinfull]

are we still talking flys ??

Bwahahahahaha walked into that one lol bling sent !!!

[Beemer]

Fly spray used to knock bugs and flies out within seconds. The bastards around our place seem immune to it now though and you can spray them with about half a can and they still buzz in your face. Probably made in China, like the crap Band Aid plasters I bought last week that last five minutes before peeling off.

[Rockbuddy]

Fly spray used to knock bugs and flies out within seconds. The bastards around our place seem immune to it now though and you can spray them with about half a can and they still buzz in your face. Probably made in China, like the crap Band Aid plasters I bought last week that last five minutes before peeling off.

I agree
i just went into my kitchen and sprayed a whole heap, and the cheeky black pricks were landing on my arm as i was doing it
Im wondering if the manufacturers are watering down the flyspray so we have to use more which in turn forces us to buy more

[Mikkel]

take a 1.5 or 2.25 litlre coke bottle and cut off the top just below where the bottle becomes straight. wrap up some fresh meat in chicken wire and put at the bottom of the bottle and submerge in water. invert the cut off top and tape in place. Hope you get what i mean but basically the flies go in cos of the rotting meat smell but can't quite get to it cos it's under water they then try to get out but are too fukin stoopid to find the bottle cap hole they flew in. Many many flies meet their end this way. Keep it outside cos it'll really stink after a while and will become an incubator for maggots who hatch into flys then die in the same way as their mummys

That's pretty much how this works. I think it was recommended in another thread - otherwise I can't think of how I got to thinking of it...

[martybabe]

Another vote for the Raid automatic/robocan. I resisted for ages because of breathing the pierectum .sp. in all day long but the irritating little bastards wouldn't give up on pissing me off so we bought one.

Not a bloomin fly to be seen anywhere now yay! still a bit worried about inhaling the crap though.

[slofox]

I hate fucking flys,

I never tried that.........

[slofox]

On a more serious note, window and door screens are very effective (as long as you keep 'em closed) and totally chemical free.....

[Maha]

what do you use and whats your story?

The power of the internet....I read this post earlier, went a did some other shit and ended up at the Four sq...along with the paninnis/smoked chicken and camembert (double creamy) I got some flyspray....

But I know what you mean Quasi...a single fucken fly can annoy the shit out of me while im sitting around....got get the can of fly fucker and its gone! I beleive fly's know what they are doing and know exactly a can of flyspray looks like. They will sit quietly watching, until you put the harmfull spray down, then they pop on over for another crack...Fuckers!....