The Gull
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Flies? Mexican solutions?
I really wanted to put this on the General Discussion section, but after Doug's clarity on the subject, it became a question.
There have been various methods advanced on this board for keeping flies away from a home, patio and other areas where people congregate. I believe
on this board, I have read about hanging water filled plastic bags; putting a dish of water out with ONE drop of Joy (not Palmolive) dishwashing soap
in it; throwing chile powder in the coals at a BBQ; and setting out a shot of teguila (although that might have been the suggestion of my neighbor for
some reason).
Since the rainfall will be creating lots of God's creatures this year and the season will only get worse as the temps rise...Please Nomads give us
your best shot at curing the fly problem.
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Dave
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Grow lots of Basil. Also the baggie hung over the door 1/4 filled with water works. Add tin foil strips or pennies to maximise effect.
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I'll vouch for the water filled bag method.
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I will vouch for the shot of tequila but drink it and continue until the flies are no longer a problem.
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The Gull
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Do Aliens from another Galaxy get involved?
| Quote: | Originally posted by Dave
Grow lots of Basil. Also the baggie hung over the door 1/4 filled with water works. Add tin foil strips or pennies to maximise effect.
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Whew, different.
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OK - flies taken care of - how do you control fleas & ticks in San Felipe ? we have 6 dogs and no feas or ticks in Vegas - so I really have no
clue as to keep our dogs free of these nasty things !
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Price
OK - flies taken care of - how do you control fleas & ticks in San Felipe ? we have 6 dogs and no feas or ticks in Vegas - so I really have no
clue as to keep our dogs free of these nasty things ! |
due to magnetic anomalies in the earths crust below San Felipe none of the above methods of fly control will work in that aria.
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house flys are killed by using Snip.This product is purchased in LaPaz
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"Do Aliens from another Galaxy get involved?"
Flies ARE Aliens from another Galaxy.
Theory is that the reflection of water and metal resembles (to a fly) a spider web. Flies don't like spiders.
Maybe you could just get a bunch of spiders?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bruce R Leech
none of the above methods of fly control will work in that aria.
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A little Puccini might work. Especially if you do the singing.
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Yale Scientists Create Remote-Controlled Flies
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Yale University researchers say their study that used lasers to create remote-controlled fruit flies could lead to a better
understanding of overeating and violence in humans.
Using the lasers to stimulate specific brain cells, researchers say they were able to make the flies jump, walk, flap their wings and fly.
Even headless flies took flight when researchers stimulated the correct neurons, according to the study, published in the April 7 issue of the journal
Cell.
Scientists say the study could ultimately help identify the cells associated with psychiatric disorders, overeating and aggressiveness.
Biologists have long known that an electrical stimulus can trigger muscle response, but this approach used focused beams of light to stimulate neurons
that would have been impossible to study using electrodes.
Gero Miesenbock, associate professor of cell biology at Yale, said if the process could be duplicated on mice, researchers might be able to better
understand the cellular activity that leads to certain behavior.
"Ultimately, that could be important to understanding human psychiatric disorders," Miesenbock said. "That's really futuristic stuff."
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SNIP
Snip really works. Soak some stale bread in the stuff and the flies love it.
Overhead fans help too
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| Quote: | Originally posted by The Gull
NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Yale University researchers say their study that used lasers to create remote-controlled fruit flies could lead to a better
understanding of overeating and violence in humans.
Using the lasers to stimulate specific brain cells, researchers say they were able to make the flies jump, walk, flap their wings and fly.
Even headless flies took flight when researchers stimulated the correct neurons, according to the study, published in the April 7 issue of the journal
Cell.
Scientists say the study could ultimately help identify the cells associated with psychiatric disorders, overeating and aggressiveness.
Biologists have long known that an electrical stimulus can trigger muscle response, but this approach used focused beams of light to stimulate neurons
that would have been impossible to study using electrodes.
Gero Miesenbock, associate professor of cell biology at Yale, said if the process could be duplicated on mice, researchers might be able to better
understand the cellular activity that leads to certain behavior.
"Ultimately, that could be important to understanding human psychiatric disorders," Miesenbock said. "That's really futuristic stuff."
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this news is to good to be true. I'm going to git one of those little pocket lasers and Make all the flies go to the place across the street . mabey I
can even git them to bring me a beer .
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Televisa showed a program a few months ago where they, along with investigators from the Mexico City University, studied wether those plastic bags
full of water actually worked. The conclusion:
Nada, flies ignored the bags, and there was no proof whatsoever that the plastic bags worked.
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Jesse
Thanks I didn't want to ruffle anyones feathers, because I tried them couldn't see they made any difference. Snip does the job.
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Bruce R Leech
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they sure look neat hanging around like that though. I might put some up just for decoration.
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I saw a neat homemade flytrap that I have used and it catches a ton of flies at our place.
Get one of those 1 or 2 liter soda bottles and cut the top off about 1 inch down from the shoulder so you get a little funnel. Invert the funnel and
tape it to the top of the cut off bottle. Paint the bottom a dark color, black is good. Put a small piece of meat in the bottom and set it out. The
flies can get in but they can't get back out. Fills up fast in the summer.
[Edited on 12-4-2005 by Bajabus]
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The plastic bags filled with H2O is a myth pushed by the Mfg's of Plastic Bags....! Tried it and it seemed to me there were more flys!
The only way the bags work is if you have one of Ponpano's 'Fly Rod's' handy to SMACK those suckers as they fly around the bags...
A patio table that has an awning with a mosquito net draped over it also seems to work!
According to my clock...anytime is \'BAJA TIME\' & as Jimmy Buffett says,
\"It doesn\'t use numbers or moving hands It always just says now...\"
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