No flies on me

[PhilusEstilius]

David we do get the black and yellow types over here apart from a huge 2.5 inch long woodwasp that got into my workshop one day, but like I said with a glass and a piece of paper one can catch them against a window put the glass over it slip under the paper then let it go outside.

Where you mention MPs' with the expences scandle we have going at the moment it's time Mike did put out a warrant or two I think.

[M. Demetrius]

Where you mention MPs' with the expences scandle

We're in no better shape here, but we ought to let that topic drop, I think, lest we both get in trouble.

[Gaius Julius Caesar]

Right you Two!! Off to the Limes with you!!! :twisted: :lol:

[P. Clodius Secundus]

In tank school at Fort Knox we used to use an aerosol can of deodorant and a lighter to deal with the ever-present flies. Used like a flame thrower, one quick blast will turn them into pedestrians. They are much less annoying that way.

[M. Demetrius]

Yikes! Don't let PETA find out!
BTW, WD-40 works, too, and any kind of spray paint or hair spray.

[Iagoba]

Hairspray will work on most insects, coating them in a non transpirable laquer coat. Asphyxiating them (they breath through their "skin"). And it´s handy on most houses, being much less dangerous (and poisonous) than insecticide. Just be aware that you´ll laquer not only the fly, but where is it standing too.

Well, if you think that death by asphyxiation is not enough punishment for those "devil inside" (beelzebub! :lol: ) giant flies, a drop of turpentine will also do the work.

[M. Demetrius]

Well, actually, if you spray hairspray or WD-40 with a lit flame between you and the insect, they don't have time to asphyxiate before they incinerate. Merciful. More fun, too, to watch them drop right down in flames.... :twisted:

[Optio equitum]

In tank school at Fort Knox we used to use an aerosol can of deodorant and a lighter to deal with the ever-present flies. Used like a flame thrower, one quick blast will turn them into pedestrians. They are much less annoying that way.

Waaayyyy off topic, but when were you at the Knox armor school?

[Tarbicus]

So, the fly has settled on something. Take your rolled up magazine and grip tightly with your right hand (left if you're left handed), and grip the other end between your other hand's thumb and forefinger. Approach slowly while pulling on the magazine with your right hand, tensed to strike. Once you think you've got a good lineup pull even more at both ends on the publication of choice, and you're good to go: WHALLOP!!

Pulling on either end stabilises the mag and gives the strike a spring action at the outset, rather than there being a fly-detectable acceleration :wink: Works most times for me.

[Carus Andiae]

I find tea-towels as swatters work well. My labrador is quite good at eating flies, too. The spiders are home are useless little oiks - they just hang around in a corner completely failing to deal with the flies. I like the sword method - I managed to bring one down mid-air, once (lucky strike - not for the fly).

I did rescue a wasp, once - but purely for the sake of the 150 year-old hand woven Indian carpet it was dozing on (plus, squashing a wasp when it's asleep seems unsporting).

[Optio equitum]

A fly eating Labrador huh? I guess that is no stranger than a bee eating German Shepherd I had once. He would try and bite their heads off. Not sure why just bees, but I never asked him to find out....