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Flies...

Mighty_Mariner_2
Mighty_Mariner_2 Posts: 52 Forumite
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Hello everyone. I have loads of flies in my garden... Any suggestions for something I can do / recommend a good garden fly killer? Thanks Mighty.
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  • mrbadexample
    mrbadexample Posts: 10,805 Forumite
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    Well, that is where they live. ;)

    But having said that, what sort of flies are they? Are they attracted to any particular area? Have you left a decomposing body out that you haven't had [STRIKE]chance to bury under the patio[/STRIKE] oops, sorry, thought this was another thread. :o
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • Mrs_Veg_Plot
    Mrs_Veg_Plot Posts: 960 Forumite
    Bad MBE :rotfl:
    I am playing all of the right notes just not necessarily in the right order :D.
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    I have the very thing for you; about two dozen swallows. :)

    Next.......
  • shandypants5
    shandypants5 Posts: 2,124 Forumite
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    Davesnave wrote: »
    I have the very thing for you; about two dozen swallows. :)

    Next.......

    Should they chew them before swallowing or swallow them whole?


    We have a big pot of mint growing near our bins this year and it does seem to have lessened the amount of flies we get.
    “Careful. We don't want to learn from this.”
  • annie123
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    On a more sensible note................

    You shouldn't have loads of flies, so are cats or foxes using your garden as a toilet? are they near a drain that could be getting blocked? a dead bird maybe? something will be attracting them.
  • Davesnave
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    There are many kinds of flies.

    While my post was a bit tongue in cheek, it was also there to remind people that what is a minor nuisance to them might be another creature's staple diet. There are very few 'useless' living things, but if there are far too many of one fly species, then as annie says, something is atrracting them.
  • mrbadexample
    mrbadexample Posts: 10,805 Forumite
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    Davesnave wrote: »
    There are very few 'useless' living things,

    Name one!

    I don't think anything's useless, they all do something. :)
    If you lend someone a tenner and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
  • Lotus-eater
    Lotus-eater Posts: 10,789 Forumite
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    mrbadexample wrote: »
    Name one!

    I don't think anything's useless, they all do something. :)
    A couple of the people on here............. :rotfl:
    Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.
  • Davesnave
    Davesnave Posts: 34,741 Forumite
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    mrbadexample wrote: »
    Name one!

    I don't think anything's useless, they all do something. :)

    I think my local ecosystem could easily manage without couch grass. ;)

    It does something, of course, but other things do what it does with less hassle.
  • djohn2002uk
    djohn2002uk Posts: 2,323 Forumite
    I think wasps are useless. What do they do for us that something else doesn't already do?
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