tinytawnykitten Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 I am looking around my living room and at the moment there are 7 little houseflies circling under a light (as they do). I have killed at least 5 houseflies today and 3 big fat blowflies. Last summer I had a lot of flies (I thought) and I thought it might just be the weather and then this summer I am beginning to think I am just a bad housekeeper. But really I am not. We're not clean freaks and we do have children so there are always crumbs somewhere but it's not that bad! My husband reckons it must be the fish tank cos this is the second summer I have had fish and the second summer we have had a fly problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 little houseflies circling under a light We call those middle of the room flies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytawnykitten Posted December 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Maybe I need some for the top of the room and some bottom dwellers for the floor and I'll have myself a nice little set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Get frogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jude Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Middle of the room flies would be fine if they stayed there. But the minute I lie down on the couch for a nana nap they turn into walking on skin flies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caserole Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 I call them fish food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytawnykitten Posted December 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Yeah but is it normal to have that many? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repto Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 it is if you or neighbours have chooks or birds? sound like poultry flies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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suphew Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Move up north and you'll wish you only had that many. We get a few as well, having a dog and 3 cats doesn't help either. Some years I mix up some ripcord and spray it round where the flies tend to hang out, lights, beams, etc. It seems to keep the numbers down for months. If you do this just make sure you don't spray near your tanks and if your really worried cover them up. Ripcord is good because works well and since it's mostly water it doesn't float round the house like spray can stuff does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chilli Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 its normal for flies in my house and i only got one child and the dogs and other floffy animals live outside only fish and reptiles inside oh and insect for reps but i keep them in a cupboard so if we use flie spray they dont die too(or posion the reps)i spray and nighttime when there still but there is always more by the next afternoon :evil: when i lived on a farm we had NO flies at all and EVERY animal came in to house and one point even the horse put there heads in the window but we did have a fantail called baz that visted all the time so i guess he got them before we noticed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firefish Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 At my house i'm really lucky, from time to time there is one fly! I remember when i was 10 my parents got a real estate person over to get a quote on the house and i prodly told him that we don't get any flies (maybe i thought that would make the quote bigger...) :lol: :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 I have never heard of a connection between fish tanks and the number of flies you get. The few flies I have are never anywhere near the tanks. I have 3 Jesus flies. I spray them at night, they die, then in the morning there are 3 flies buzzing about again! :roll: Of course it might not be the same 3 flies but I have my suspicions! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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caserole Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 I have no flies at present, but I left a window open last night and there are little moths all over the ceiling :bounce: :bounce: more fish food :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 8, 2008 Report Share Posted December 8, 2008 Poultry flies don't enter the house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Unless they are chasing the chicken in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinytawnykitten Posted December 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Ok so I asked our neighbour whether they have a lot of flies and she said that they did and then sheepishly confessed that her husband puts meat and chicken leftovers on their compost heap and it has gone bad. Fancy that. I think we might be arranging a rather disgusting trip to the tip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 If they add a bit of lime and sawdust they will get good compost and no flies. Helps to turn them over periodically to aerate them as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heir Posted December 13, 2008 Report Share Posted December 13, 2008 Just catch them when they land with your fishtank nets and feed them to your fish? My fish love them lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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