&@$#%€+ Flies!!!

[TXARGUY]

* Topic title edited so as not to offend the sensibilities of the pantied ones.

It is fly season out here in west Texas.

Any of you who have spent any amount of time out here this time of year know exactly what I'm talking about.

Are flies just hatched knowing the shape and purpose of a fly swatter?

Do they in their disgusting larval stage attend school where they are taught swatter evasion techniques?

I swear I can be sitting in my trailer and have 5 flies dive bombing my face and the second I've had enough and grab the swatter the little assholes go into ninja mode. Put the swatter down and they go right back to being annoying little shits.

I finally, through my own ninja skills manage to kill those but as soon as I open the door for any reason 5 more fly in and start the process all over again.

They're not coming after food. I leave nothing out and my place is spotless. They're coming with one purpose and one purpose only. To be annoying little shits.

It's almost as if when God created the flora and fauna he thought 'I'd better create a few little assholes just to keep everyone on their toes'.

List of things that do not work:

- Fly strips
- Fly traps (vinegar, sugar, water in an easy in, not so easy out vessel)
- Fly swatters
- Cleanliness
- Negotiations

Any advice I might try? My next plan of action is to trap as many as I can inside the trailer by leaving the door open for a while then burning it to the ground while they scream in agony and terror but I kinda need my trailer so any effective advice short of that would be greatly appreciated.

 

[orbitup]

These work well.

RESCUE!® - Disposable Fly Trap

You wouldn't want to hang it in your office though, they stink. Maybe just outside.

 

[grasshopperglock]

"Sent from a puff of smoke"

 

[Saltyag2010]

It's mosquito season on the gulf coast. Keep your flies pansy.

 

[grasshopperglock]

"Sent from a puff of smoke"

 

[orbitup]

And I thought that I wasn't being helpful because he said no flytraps. lol

 

[TXARGUY]

And I thought that I wasn't being helpful because he said no flytraps. lol

I'm going to try a couple of those.

I do know the home made (internet) traps don't even phase them.

If that doesn't work I'm thinking of trying this:



If I cannot destroy them I shall become their king.

 

[orbitup]

I think Walmart has them.

As to becoming their king, I don't know how that will work on them but it would probably help keep poachers off of your land.

 

[grasshopperglock]

Shoot them

"Sent from a puff of smoke"

 

[Charlie]

Shoot them with that salt gun. Lots of fun. Or "FOG" them (just don't hang around inside when you're fogging).

 

[Sugar Land]

Maybe if you didnt cuss so much they might not bother you...lol

 

[TX69]

I have used the cheap hanging fly traps from Walgreens and they work well. They are the super cheap draw string type that are gooey and cost $2.

 

[Mike1234567]

Move out of the city and if you're not in the city then move away from the trashy trash-keepers who are helping to breed the flies.

I live in south TX on a measly two acres as do most of my neighbors. Distance makes less trash per person per acre... plus most of us either burn or otherwise dispose of our trash... very few flies here.

 

[fuelfather]

We bought my daughter one of those electric fly swatter. She is the resident fly killer since she was 8-9yrs old. She has actually had some get caught in the mesh and tries to get them out by retazing them. On several occasions they have either exploded or caught fire. Depends how stuck they are.

 

[grasshopperglock]

We bought my daughter one of those electric fly swatter. She is the resident fly killer since she was 8-9yrs old. She has actually had some get caught in the mesh and tries to get them out by retazing them. On several occasions they have either exploded or caught fire. Depends how stuck they are.

Thank you for a idea on a christmas gift for my youngest.


"Sent from a puff of smoke"

 

[TreyG-20]

Time to improve your skills shooting rubber bands. I grew up shooting flies with rubber bands. I can hit them from across the room about 50 percent of the time. Any of them within 5 feet are toast.

 

[stdreb27]

Time to improve your skills shooting rubber bands. I grew up shooting flies with rubber bands. I can hit them from across the room about 50 percent of the time. Any of them within 5 feet are toast.

I'm gonna call internet bs, unless you post a video...

No really I wanna see a video of this.

 

[TreyG-20]

Hard to film it on camera, but if there is any kind of shooting I can brag about it is with a rubber band lol. I'm dead serious.

 

[Thegomezclan]

I work at a winery in Brownfield and we have fruit flies real bad. We use a food safe spray that works good. If I remember when I get to work today I will let you know what it is. We order it online.

 

[txinvestigator]

It's mosquito season on the gulf coast. Keep your flies pansy.

Yesterday I was attacked by two mosquitos. They were huge. One asked the other if they should eat me there or carry me home to eat. The other said they better eat me there or the big guys would take me away from them.