Cluster Flies! - SV650.org

02-10-11, 01:28 PM

Just came back from a lovely ride and back to my greenhouse of a gaff.

I can't open the bloody windows as because they're south west facing and get the sun all afternoon which means the window frames are packed with cluster flies, if I open them they all pour out and try to escape!

Anyone got rid of them before? Fumigation won't work because of where they are, do I just need like a surface insecticide and lash it all over the frame?

02-10-11, 01:43 PM

you tried a shotgun, hth

Bluepete · 02-10-11, 02:08 PM

Get some Deet or similar from an outdoors shop. I think some products melt plastic, so be careful where it goes. It should form a barrier that stops them.

Pete

andrewsmith · 02-10-11, 02:31 PM

Lighter and a can of hairspray?
A couple of ruddy big spiders?

HTH

maviczap · 02-10-11, 03:23 PM

An anteater will do the trick, they don't just eat ants

Sir Trev · 02-10-11, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by andrewsmith

A couple of ruddy big spiders?

HTH

Seconded.

I never remove spiders from my greenhouse (the one in my garden - not my overheated-by-the-sun house) so the fly population is kept down. Might have problems getting it approved by any female household members of course...

02-10-11, 05:01 PM

Some good suggestions! I was thinking someone would have the same problem, apparently they're really common this time of year in the uk. Will give pest control a call

02-10-11, 01:28 PM	#1
sauluk Guest Posts: n/a	Cluster Flies! Just came back from a lovely ride and back to my greenhouse of a gaff. I can't open the bloody windows as because they're south west facing and get the sun all afternoon which means the window frames are packed with cluster flies, if I open them they all pour out and try to escape! Anyone got rid of them before? Fumigation won't work because of where they are, do I just need like a surface insecticide and lash it all over the frame?

02-10-11, 01:43 PM	#2
Bluefish Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Cluster Flies! you tried a shotgun, hth

02-10-11, 02:08 PM	#3
Bluepete Member Mega Poster Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ex motorcyclist Posts: 1,961	Re: Cluster Flies! Get some Deet or similar from an outdoors shop. I think some products melt plastic, so be careful where it goes. It should form a barrier that stops them. Pete

02-10-11, 02:31 PM	#4
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: Cluster Flies! Lighter and a can of hairspray? A couple of ruddy big spiders? HTH __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

02-10-11, 03:23 PM	#5
maviczap Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 9,097	Re: Cluster Flies! An anteater will do the trick, they don't just eat ants __________________ We're riding out tonight to case the promised land Make everyday count RIP Reeder - Jolly Green Giant and comedy genius

02-10-11, 05:01 PM	#7
sauluk Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Cluster Flies! Some good suggestions! I was thinking someone would have the same problem, apparently they're really common this time of year in the uk. Will give pest control a call

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