FLIES

2152hq said:
The same one sold for Yellow Jackets is a Dud however. at least the 2 I have had out there for a couple weeks.
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Where we went deer hunting, the campground was infested with yellow jackets. The folks would get there a day early and one of the first things they would do is hang 6-8 of these traps around the camp.
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By the time we got there the next day, they would be half full. usually had to empty them every couple of days. Made skinning the deer much more pleasant. Don't get any of the attractant on you, however.
 
It turns out Cicadas carry parasites called Oak Leaf mites. We escaped Cicadas around here but people 30 miles away in Illinois are complaining about them.
 
I've got a fly zapper...

...but I can't run it because it terrifies our dog.

OH, I forgot to mention that the superflies can see you pick up a flyswatter and are gone before you can even raise it for a swat.
 
One of the greatest inventions of all time is the electric flyswatter. Tractor Supply had them on sale for $6 and I bought a whole bunch and gave them away as gifts and I keep one in the pantry and one on the back porch. Used one yesterday to kill a huge Black Widow on my front porch and it was so gratifying watching the electrical arc " light her up". If I spray some Suspend SC around the back porch and then spray the patio table and chair legs with Raid Fly Spray the flies don't bother us when we eat on the patio.
 
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Rudi said:
Is it just me, or are there many more flies to pester us in August? They are such little monsters. Not to mention fruit flies too. Got my swatter ready. Death from above! Looking forward to some cold weather, freeze 'em out.
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Global warming, the flies will eventually cover everything. I've already bought my fly suit.
 
rwsmith said:
Right now with our house guests, their four badly behaved big dogs, 6 (was 9) puppies and two cats and the doors constantly being open, the flies are HORRIBLE and we wage a constant battle.
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I'm guessing those people are not getting a second invite.
 
We usually get a lot of horse flies around the pool when we start swimming in the Spring. The survivors hang around for about a month and then they are gone. I was doing something on my tractor a few weeks ago when a deer fly (like a horse fly but smaller and just as annoying) landed on the back of my palm. I was getting ready to swat it and kill it like all the others when a yellow jacket landed on top of it, clamped on, and flew off with it. I've never seen that before. Usually when yellow jackets get around me they are there to sting, not rescue me from a deer fly.
 
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