the fly season has started

[puddicat]

has anyone got any natural remedies for killing these bugs, i have tried the usual chemical sprays, but they seem to be immune to them,and i have a cat so her food is in there, dont want the sticky strips hanging from the ceiling looks llike a flies graveyard, any help would be appreciated

[dilligaf]

I have a little gaget which looks just like a small tennis racket but where the strings are is a wire mesh. Touch the fly with it, one spark and it's finshed. It runs of two AA batteries and cost �2.99 at Godfreys, although I am sure others sell it. Good with wasps, they go off with a real crack if they touch it

Great fun!

[puddicat]

thanks dillicaf, sounds great fun, sadly though dont have a godfreys around here, i live in scotland, can you tell me the tech name for it will try online to get it

[spudqueen]

I have sunflower stickers which I put on my kitchen window. The flies are attracted to them then die - it does mean keep cleaning them off the window sill though! They are made by Vapona so should be readily available.

[puddicat]

thanks spuddie, tryed those i have them on my boiler, need to replace them as the flies are doing a dance on them,but the boiler is near the food surfaces, so worried about finding a dead fly in my cuppa lol, its the boiler they like the most cos of the heat, finding taking of the stickers quite difficult

[Trackman]

Why not try bead door curtains or fly screens try these Web pages
http://www.gbinteriors.co.uk/acatalog/Insect_S creens.html

http://www.gbinteriors.co.uk/acatalog/GB_Inter iors___Bamboo_and_Beaded_Door_Curtains_Fly_scr een_94.html

if they cant get bin you dont need to kill them.
Or i have found that garlic is a good fly repellant
Good luck
Trackman

[puddicat]

thanks tracky, it seems the flies arent coming from the door maybe through the window which is on a tilt to let the kitchen steam out

[dilligaf]

Hi puddicat,

Saw another one today in a different shop, still �2.99.

It's called "GOTCHA! BUG ZAPPER"

Made by
STV International Ltd
Forge House
Little Cressingham,
Thetford
Norfolk IP25 6ND

Phone [phone]
or
www.stvpestcontrol.com


I think the shopkeeper was getting a bit suspicious of me copying all the details down. Still, he let me leave, probably glad to see me go.

I hope this helps. I don't know what Scottish flies are like but here in Norfolk they are BIG.
Good hunting.

[puddicat]

dilli you are a star thank you will give them a ring many thanks

[Figi]

I don't see the problem with your cat and old-fashioned fly papers - the cat's not going to eat them is it? Anyway, what about an olf-fashioned hand-held fly-swat - you can get rid of pent-up energy at the same time as killing the flies.