OHbaby! Forums : Flies! https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Fri, 08 May 2026 12:03:46 +0000 Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:03:47 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 11.10 360 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=31290 <![CDATA[OHbaby! Forums]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/ <![CDATA[Flies! : well we use the raid automatic...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=921249&title=flies#921249 Author: MyLilSquishy
Subject: 31290
Posted: 02 February 2010 at 1:03pm

well we use the raid automatic thing and i think its fantastic. used to get actual swarms of flies. now with windows and sliding door open, i consider it a bad week when we get 3 come inside over the course.

yeah ive heard that mint/mint plants work. apparently basil aswell. MissAngel if you were down here i couldve given you heaps! we have a big patch of wild mint just growing over everything in the backyard!

]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 13:03:47 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=921249&title=flies#921249 <![CDATA[Flies! : I know you can use mint - fresh...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=921192&title=flies#921192 Author: MissAngel
Subject: 31290
Posted: 02 February 2010 at 12:29pm

I know you can use mint - fresh stuff. You apparently crush it and put it around the room. Pity I dont know anyone with a mint plant! ]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:29:18 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=921192&title=flies#921192 <![CDATA[Flies! : I am SO glad other people have...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=921151&title=flies#921151 Author: boys.boys.boys.boys
Subject: 31290
Posted: 02 February 2010 at 12:05pm

I am SO glad other people have flies too!!

but I dont have anything to stop them sorry!

You can spray the inside (ceilings and around the windows) with Ripcord (not ripcord plus though) and that apparently works well.

If you come up with a magic solution you might have to start selling the advice and make your millions!!!]]> Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:05:52 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=921151&title=flies#921151 <![CDATA[Flies! : Double post!!Edited by Mum2Sam...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=920689&title=flies#920689 Author: Mama2two
Subject: 31290
Posted: 01 February 2010 at 9:56pm

Double post!!

Edited by Mum2Sam]]> Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:56:52 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=920689&title=flies#920689 <![CDATA[Flies! : We have screens on every window...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=920687&title=flies#920687 Author: Mama2two
Subject: 31290
Posted: 01 February 2010 at 9:56pm

We have screens on every window and door but the flies are still a problem! They are driving me crazy!

We have the green natural Mortein sprayer thing and it is doing absolutley nothing! I swear they laugh at us as they fly through the mist!!!
]]> Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:56:47 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=920687&title=flies#920687 <![CDATA[Flies! : i&#039;ve seen that ecomist one...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=919794&title=flies#919794 Author: MissAngel
Subject: 31290
Posted: 01 February 2010 at 11:56am

i've seen that ecomist one on TV, you reckon it's better than the normal robocans? I'm totally keen to get something that I know is going to work! ]]> Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:56:50 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=919794&title=flies#919794 <![CDATA[Flies! : Also on a farm here and love our...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=919693&title=flies#919693 Author: palomino
Subject: 31290
Posted: 01 February 2010 at 10:30am

Also on a farm here and love our ecomist, seems better than the supermarket sprayers you can definatly tell when it runs out! yuck!]]> Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:30:27 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=919693&title=flies#919693 <![CDATA[Flies! : I live on a farm and have alot...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=919668&title=flies#919668 Author: Lulu
Subject: 31290
Posted: 01 February 2010 at 10:18am

I live on a farm and have alot of flies but I find a combination of having the house 'flybusted' (an operator comes around and sprays the inside of your house) and a Robocan does the trick.]]> Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:18:03 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=919668&title=flies#919668 <![CDATA[Flies! : every year i say i want screens...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=919588&title=flies#919588 Author: Bizzy
Subject: 31290
Posted: 01 February 2010 at 9:16am

every year i say i want screens on the doors. i still dont have them though. ]]> Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:16:33 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=919588&title=flies#919588 <![CDATA[Flies! : I swear by the fly curtains too!...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=919540&title=flies#919540 Author: jano1
Subject: 31290
Posted: 01 February 2010 at 8:24am

I swear by the fly curtains too! At our old house we were plauged by flies in summer and last year I wouldn't let DP spray as I was heavily pregnant. He duly trotted off to Bunnings or Mitre 10 and bought one of those plastic curtains (last seen in the 70's) and we put it up on the back door (also the entrance to the kitchen). We had hardly any flies all summer ]]> Mon, 01 Feb 2010 08:24:59 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=919540&title=flies#919540 <![CDATA[Flies! : So it&#039;s not just my house...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=919418&title=flies#919418 Author: Jelly
Subject: 31290
Posted: 31 January 2010 at 10:22pm

So it's not just my house where the flies are suddenly worse this year? I don't like the sound of flies multiplying AND becoming immune to fly spray!

We've got Mortein energy ball, it comes out in a thick white mist and it kills a fly in under a minute if you hit it directly for less than a second. It also works pretty fast when it's used for a whole room at a time too which is nice.

The only issue I have with it is it seems a bit pointless when I've got all the windows wide open!]]> Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:22:03 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=919418&title=flies#919418 <![CDATA[Flies! : I&#039;ve tried everthing too,...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=919391&title=flies#919391 Author: jessiesmum
Subject: 31290
Posted: 31 January 2010 at 10:03pm

I've tried everthing too, Robocans, window stickers, venus fly trap etc without much joy. My neighbour swears by those rather unattractive fly curtains, like the ones they have at the fish and chip shop. Another friend has these very clever screens that have been made to fit her windows and just stick to the frames with a magnetic edge.]]> Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:03:12 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=919391&title=flies#919391 <![CDATA[Flies! : I noticed fly spray this year...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=919302&title=flies#919302 Author: AandCsmum
Subject: 31290
Posted: 31 January 2010 at 9:08pm

I noticed fly spray this year made no difference. I resorted getting the robocan out.

Make sure it's the natural one not the other one cause I've found only the natural (green tin) one works.]]> Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:08:41 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=919302&title=flies#919302 <![CDATA[Flies! : The window stickers work well...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=919218&title=flies#919218 Author: mummy_becks
Subject: 31290
Posted: 31 January 2010 at 8:10pm

The window stickers work well combined with the robocan and fly spray

]]> Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:10:01 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=919218&title=flies#919218 <![CDATA[Flies! : My dp likes to use lynx and it...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=919136&title=flies#919136 Author: High9
Subject: 31290
Posted: 31 January 2010 at 7:06pm

My dp likes to use lynx and it seems to work... lol This year for some reason I have flies AND bees! - we've never had bees before! ]]> Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:06:58 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=919136&title=flies#919136 <![CDATA[Flies! : Honestly, i&#039;m at my wits...]]> https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=919122&title=flies#919122 Author: MissAngel
Subject: 31290
Posted: 31 January 2010 at 6:52pm

Honestly, i'm at my wits end! We have 2 robocans and a can of raid and nothing is working this year! it seems that the flies in canterbury have become immune to our system :(
I thought i'd post and see if you lovely ladies had some sort of 'make at home' fly killer / repelent that works! ]]> Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:52:16 +0000 https://www.ohbaby.co.nz/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=31290&PID=919122&title=flies#919122