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Thread ID: 147739	2019-03-28 19:49:00	Flyspray vs Persistant Fly	Poppa John (284)	PC World Chat

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1459539	2019-03-28 19:49:00	Hi All Sitting in my lazy boy just staring at thewal, rest home style. A fly landed on my arm. Slowly reached for the mortein & blasted it, it flew away thro te cloud. I settled on the tallboys. It flutterd a bit and flew around before landing in my chair arm. Second longer blast & it again flew thro the cloud landing on the wadrobe. It stayed there & I thought I had killed it. but no, itflew around the room a few times & landed on the bed. Somewhat peed off I thhrew the mortein can at the fly on the bed, it of course bounced off the bed onto the floor. Picked it up & there was the fly stuck to the spraycan. The printing on the can says "Fast knock down" & Kills In One Spray. Should read "Kills with one hard blow". I really believe that flies today are immune to flyspray, seeing it as a Fly Thro Car Wash. PJ:mad:	Poppa John (284)
1459540	2019-03-28 20:09:00	Well I use robocan with whatever refill is the cheapest at the supermarket and when I see a fly I know it's time to swap the can. Maybe it's just that can of flyspray. Three things that made a huge difference to the amount of flies I see though, first I stopped using a catcher on the lawnmower and started mulching. Never really occured to me just how much the pile of lawn clippings attracts flies. Second I had double glazing fitted - and at the same time tinted glass that filters out UV. Turns out flies don't like that much either. Third is a little sad, the last of my dogs got too old and had to be put down so now I have no dogs. So now even without robocan I only ever see 1 or 2 flies in the house, when I first moved in I remember the beam running through the lounge & kitchen swarming with them and having to vacuum up all the dead bodies after spraying every day	dugimodo (138)
1459541	2019-03-28 20:28:00	They are. It's Pyrethrum, a fairly useless poison anyway, although it's bad for pets. And they are resistant to it now. My mum sits in her chair with a plastic fly swat, she's gotten rather accurate, kills loads all day....	piroska (17583)
1459542	2019-03-28 20:30:00	I like your style PJ :) I believe that some flies become immune to whatever spray you have been using for a while and a change of brand is a good idea from time to time. Your direct action certainly does the trick though.	CliveM (6007)
1459543	2019-03-28 21:19:00	You can also get a weak can of fly spray, try another one from a different batch. If it's a good can as soon as you hit them they change their flying tone to a more desperate sound and you know it's going to work.	zqwerty (97)
1459544	2019-03-28 23:27:00	Mortein Fast Knockdown Multi Insect Killer would have to be the most potent fly spary that we have ever used. It literally kills the flies within seconds :) Give it a try! 9506	Zippity (58)
1459545	2019-03-29 02:19:00	[QUOTE=Zippity;1287577]Mortein Fast Knockdown Multi Insect Killer would have to be the most potent fly spary that we have ever used. It literally kills the flies within seconds :) Give it a try! 9506[/QUOT That is exactly the one I am using. PJ:confused:	Poppa John (284)
1459546	2019-03-29 02:58:00	What's wrong with your Flit Gun? :confused:	B.M. (505)
1459547	2019-03-29 03:02:00	pj CHECK THE USE BY DATE . We have one of those automatic thingy's, but, but used a almost empty spray can on a persistent b u g g e r the other day, 3 times and finally used the plastic swat, never fails . Tossed the can . lurking .	Lurking (218)
1459548	2019-03-29 03:50:00	I use venus fly traps. I have a dozen or so venus fly traps and a dozen or so droseras and a few nepenthes around the house. During the summer times I get a few flies that just flies around the lounge. I go out to my greenhouse pickup a venus fly trap and drosera regia then place it on the lounge table. The flies somehow are dumb enough and gets eaten by the plants and digests it over a period of a few days. It works quite well.. Better than fly sprays I reckon their useless.	Ninjabear (2948)
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