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comitan
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FLIES
We had a nice rain now we have flies, it seems we always get a fly hatch after a rain. Do other people have this problem, usually Mosquito's are a
problem after a rain, no problems so far.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
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bancoduo
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Last time it rained here I got crabs.
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Shimmer
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The flys are horendous here in Todos Santos this year... I was just about to write and ask if anyone has any solutions, we are ready to try
anything... I have taken my screens down it seems I simply trap more in the house with them up.... in the evenings I put them back up so the lights
dont bring in mosquitoes. anyone with a Baja remedy... to trap 'em ...aside from drinking more tequilla .
Steve
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comitan
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Ask at some of the stores for SNIP it comes in a package put a little in water in an old pan or dish, leave it where you want them dead, a real fly
killer.
[Edited on 8-6-2006 by comitan]
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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Cardon
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Here is one of my favorite Baja pics taken about 25 or 30 years ago.
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surfer jim
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Use them to make "raisin" bread with......
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MrBillM
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So Far So Good
Here in Percebu, we have been lucky so far this season with flies. Although they're starting to show up, it hasn't been bad at all. I remember years
previous sitting here in mid-July through August absolutely covered with so many flies you couldn't keep them off your body. Right now, we've got
some of those tiny, quick "bastards" that you can never swat.
My most enduring memory of flies in Baja was going into a Carneceria in El Rosario many years back (70s) and seeing all of the meat in the
non-refrigerated glass case COVERED in flies. Relating that story once to a very old friend whose mother was Mexican, he said "that's why they keep
their knives really sharp. So they can slice away the layer of flies".
BTW, We didn't buy any meat that day.
[Edited on 8-6-2006 by MrBillM]
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El Jefe
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We are experiencing a haching of those quick little bastards too! Man, it takes about three swings of the swatter to nail each one. Thank heavens no
mosquitos have arrived out here on the east cape road. I've been sleeping up on the roof without need of screend cover. Got cool enough late last
night for a blankie. Love that!
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HotSchott
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Some highly toxic but effective stuff is called Golden Malrin. It is availble at feed stores and some pet stores. Put some of the blue crystals on a
piece of rotten fruit and stick it someplace in the open-away from pets and kids. It kills everything - but is for flies. It is for horse stalls and
barns and it works on anything that flies.
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oladulce
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| Quote: | Originally posted by comitan
We had a nice rain now we have flies, it seems we always get a fly hatch after a rain. Do other people have this problem, usually Mosquito's are a
problem after a rain, no problems so far. |
Asolutely comitan- One day for flies, 2 days after rain the moths arrive from somewhere just like clockwork. Luckily outside of town at Pta Peque?a,
mosquitos are rarely a problem but those dang biting flies can be a pain in the butt.
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Cypress
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Flies! Had a blow fly lay a run of eggs up my leg one time, my leg was dirty. Have been well acquanted with lot's of flies. Got any of those red eyed
ones down ya'lls way?
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MrBillM
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Pests and Pestilence
One thing we've noticed this year besides flies is a huge number of Ticks. For the first time in 10 years or more, we have been battling with Ticks
on our dogs. When we went North, we took them home, bathed them and bought tick/flea collars. The problem disappeared. We came back to Percebu and
actually found Ticks all over the rugs and bedding. Worse than I've ever seen. Very strange.
I woke up the other morning with four bite marks within a 3" circle on my shoulder. No other place. No idea what did the biting.
[Edited on 8-7-2006 by MrBillM]
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bajalou
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Strange things happening - this summer - since about the 1st of july - no moths and no flys at my place. Last few days a few really tiny flies but
that's it. I see a couple moths on the screen once in a while but NOTHING like we have had in previous years.
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No Bad Days
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longlegsinlapaz
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All the flys, regular, horse & tiny; moths, mosquitos, bees & wasps ALL came to La Paz for vacation evidently!!! Thank GAWD the ticks decided
to head north. Haven't seen a tick for at least 2 years. Everything that hatches or sprouts comes out here after a rain...the weed seed & bug
egg syndrome....not to mention the frogs that end up in the pool all of a sudden!
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bajajudy
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Legs
Be thankful for the frogs. They mean your environment is safe.
OH if you use the snip, people put it on stale bread and it winds up looking like Cardon's sandwich. BUT more raisens.
[Edited on 8-7-2006 by bajajudy]
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comitan
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On another note, fly swatting I had a retired fireman that considered himself an expert on swatting flies tell me always wait for them to move before
you swat they can't get away as fast when they are moving. Your kill ratio will go up. It seems to work.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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DavidT
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As for the mosquitos, get a bottle of whiskey and a bucket of sand. Pour the whiskey on your skin then sprinkle the sand over the whiskey. The
mosquitos will land, get drunk and start throwing rocks at each other.
David
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RonnieRockCod
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The Fly, the National Insect of Mexico. Do not swat them as they come back as two. RRC.
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Tomas Tierra
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What about hanging plastic bags full of water around...have seen that before, whats it all about??
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osoflojo
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Tomas, I was told that it difuses light in such a way that it confuses them and they cant fly correctly, I dont know but everywhere I have seen them
hanging there are usually fewer flys.............good luck.........
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