March Flies ...

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xJOEx

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Not really a 'Zoo' creature ...

But can someone help me on the March Fly subject.
They're super common/persistent where I am, trying to figure out a plan to deal with this issue.

Lost count of the amount of times I've swatted one.
Or, been bitten by one.
Permanent, ongoing part of the day.

Got mozzie spray: it works. But not always wearing mozzie spray.

Thinkin bout getting a bucket/container with a lid, half-filling it with meat/fruit/water, then drilling entry-holes around the outter rim up top below the lid?

Basically what I see for sale *shrug* I could make that ...

What would be the best bait for March Flies specifically?
I'm guessing meat, but meat stinks. Any alternatives?

Thanks in advance
 
Tiger91 said:
Get some mortein mate.
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Yeah, got plenty of it.
Used plenty of it.
Prevention is better than the cure, right?
I'm in a rural area, so, never ending amount of mice/rats/snakes/flies/march flies.

Not that big of a deal, really.
Just constant.
What can I do to mitigate/prevent the March Flies issue?
Flies: not that bad, really. No mess in the area, nothing unusual to attract them. Fair 'nuff.
March Flies: in a league of their own. Not a massive bulk swarm or anything. Just pretty common someone jabs a needle in ya & a helicopter flies off.

There's gotta be some kind of prevention I could do, aside from bug spray ...
 
xJOEx said:
Yeah, got plenty of it.
Used plenty of it.
Prevention is better than the cure, right?
I'm in a rural area, so, never ending amount of mice/rats/snakes/flies/march flies.

Not that big of a deal, really.
Just constant.
What can I do to mitigate/prevent the March Flies issue?
Flies: not that bad, really. No mess in the area, nothing unusual to attract them. Fair 'nuff.
March Flies: in a league of their own. Not a massive bulk swarm or anything. Just pretty common someone jabs a needle in ya & a helicopter flies off.

There's gotta be some kind of prevention I could do, aside from bug spray ...
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Australia - you're standing in it.
 
Yeah, I get it.
Not like I'm not used to flies/mozzie etc.
But March Flies are in a league of their own.
I live in a rural area.
So March Flies are constant part of the day.

There's gotta be a way of deterring/preventing them, without constantly spraying myself.

Poison/bait/trap(s)?
Chuck a bowl/bucket/pot/whatever somewhere with honey/cidar/fruit/meat in it, full of water so they drown? And/or poison it?
 
OK, it's been a week.

Caught a bunch of flies in the fly traps.
But no March Flies.

Gonna get some bait from/for a Petrol 'Really Pro Fly Trap'. See how that goes.

I've got rotten meat & cow sh*t for bait, flies go for it, no March Flies tho. Flies not that big of a deal tho.

'Just use mortein'
*nods*
Yeah, I get it.
But I don't want to invest in a regular supply of mortein. Mortein won't prevent the fu*kin things.

I mean there's gotta be a sure way to prevent/deal with March Flies. I mean from me googling it, it's pretty common problem for horses/livestock.

Not sure where I'm falling short.
Got the traps.
Not working on March Flies tho.
Bait? Cow sh*t & rotten meat no good? What is?

There's gotta be some kind of trap/bait I can set for em. It's like having a helicopter land on you, then stab you with a nail, then helicopter away. Sucks when you're distracted/busy doing something.

There's gotta be a reliable, regular preventative measure I could do for this.

Any ideas/suggestions/advice?
Thanks in advance
 
March Flies:
Fly relief fly trap
Maxforce granule fly bait
Colours: blue/black.
Apparently ...

OK.
So I've got fly traps set.
Gonna get some mini-basketballs, paint em black-blue & use them for bait.
Apparently march flies like the colours black/blue, and, heat, so set the traps up in the sun, I guess.

I'm not gonna pay a monthly bill for spray/bait/traps.
Painted mini basketballs for bait?
*shrug*
Fine.


If anyone can think of a better/wiser path, I'm all ears ...
 
OK.
'Bug Ball'.
Get a big inflatable ball, then ya inflate it, paint it black or blue, cover it in tacky glue/whatever so that flies are stuck on it once they land on the ball, then set it up out in the sun.

March/horse flies like dark colours, apparently, and heat. Their like mosquito's on steroids.

Dunno.
If anyone can think of a better solution, I'm all ears.

Currently working on making a big protein container/tub into a dedicated fly trap ...
 
OK.
I've got the green traps set.
I've made a big fly trap out of a big protein tub.
Bait: dead mice/rats, milk, eggs.

I'm collecting flys
OK, cool. I've lessened the amount of flys I gotta deal with. That's a win.

But my main concern is, Mach Flys
What can I do about Marc Flys & Cicadas?

Not like I haven't googled the sh*t out of this to see what my options are.
In the next month or two, I wanna have made home as fly/march fly/cicada/rat/mouse proof as possible.
This seems to be a never-ending job, just doing homework on this subject ...
I've got traps/baits bookmarked for my 'to-do-list'.

Any suggestions?
(Thanks in advance )
 
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