[OT] Flies in Conservatory
Donwill
traps? sprays?
Any recommendations based on experience please.
Don
John Whitworth
"Donwill" <Donwill...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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Shut all of the doors and windows - pull up the blinds, and fry 'em! ;-)
JimK
personally I'd avoid sprays; zappers work best at dusk/night when they
are the only source of UV; fly papers work but are unsightly....
I went down the route of trying to reduce the number in the immediate
vicinity by using baited fly traps in trees around the garden - google
"Red Top fly catcher" for an idea. You can make your own from plastic
2 litre pop bottles and some raw mince.....
Jury is still out on whether it has reduced the number in the
conservatory but the traps are full of dead flies every year..
It is amazing the variety of dehydrated insects we hoover up, I wonder
whether some of them wouldn't be attracted to the baited traps in the
first place? different bait? any entomologists in?
Cheers
JimK
Dave Liquorice
> personally I'd avoid sprays; zappers work best at dusk/night when they
> are the only source of UV;
Not all insects are attracted to UV... there is one small fly (about
3mm long) we get that just relatively slowly "floats" about the
middle of rooms that isn't. Blue bottles, moths, midges, etc are
attracted.
> You can make your own from plastic 2 litre pop bottles and some raw
> mince.....
A home made fly trap inside the conservatory is likely to be more
effective than trying to reduce the exterior population. For a bait
I'd be tempted to use sugar solution rather than mince. Mince would
only attract those insects that want to lay eggs in carrion etc.
Plain water with a drop or two of washing up liquid to destrory the
surface tension might be just as effective.
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Cheers
Dave.
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Bob Hobden
"Dave Liquorice" wrote ((snip))
> Not all insects are attracted to UV... there is one small fly (about
> 3mm long) we get that just relatively slowly "floats" about the
> middle of rooms that isn't.
Try leaving a (small) glass of red wine overnight in the room. They will
happily drown themselves if it's the same ones we get.
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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK
Lobster
> On Sun, 11 Apr 2010 05:40:23 -0700 (PDT), JimK wrote:
>
>> personally I'd avoid sprays; zappers work best at dusk/night when they
>> are the only source of UV;
>
> Not all insects are attracted to UV... there is one small fly (about
> 3mm long) we get that just relatively slowly "floats" about the
> middle of rooms that isn't.
Have you given him a name?
David
Tinkerer
"Donwill" <Donwill...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> traps? sprays?
> Any recommendations based on experience please.
We have some window transfers that (I believe) came from Robert Dyas. They
are of a sunflower and are about 3.5 inches in diameter. The flies are
attracted to them, land on them and , within a couple of minutes are dead.
Get the right ones though as there are similar things which are supposed
only to act as a deterrent and are totally useless. These are very
efficient and still work after a couple of years.
--
Tinkerer
Donwill
>
>
> "Dave Liquorice" wrote ((snip))
>> Not all insects are attracted to UV... there is one small fly (about
>> 3mm long) we get that just relatively slowly "floats" about the
>> middle of rooms that isn't.
>
> Try leaving a (small) glass of red wine overnight in the room. They
> will happily drown themselves if it's the same ones we get.
>
left. :-)
Cheers
Don
spamlet
"Donwill" <Donwill...@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
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> traps? sprays?
> Any recommendations based on experience please.
If you mean the little brownish fruit flies, any yeasty sweet solution in a
jam jar will trap them.
The thinner, black soil flies or 'fungus gnats' are harder. But I
discovered they are almost magnetically attracted to sunflower oil. If you
cut circles of plastic with a slit in to fit round your plants in their
pots, and paint sf oil on both sides before you do so, most of the black
flies will stick to the sf oil which becomes a very sticky glue that is
almost impossible to dissolve. Other way is to paint yellow cards with this
and dot them about the greenhouse.
If on the other hand you lack the patience for this: I find the most
satisfying method is called Henry, and he comes equipped with a long thin
snout which even these fast little beggers cannot get away from.
That's the most satisfying way with fruit flies too: bake some bread; leave
it to cool in kitchen with Henry at the ready. Very soon all the fruit
flies in the house will be in the kitchen, and soon afterwards in Henry's
dust bag.
S