Fly "Blower"?

[Jeffrey Schronce]

Ok, so there is one disadvantage to living in middle of a 200 acre farm and that's flys. We have a lot of issues with flys in central PA due to all the farming. Some of the local stores have these high volume fans that blow pretty briskly when you walk into the store. Is there any residential version of this? Anyone have any suggestions of flys? Though we don;t have a lot right now they are awefully agressive.

[dlminehart]

There's always flypaper! I think you can also buy (or make) flytraps, with funnels leading flies into a compartment with a bait, from which they have trouble figuring out how to leave. Then, one could encourage fly predators . . . flycatchers? And then there are political solutions, as in regulations discouraging the conditions that allow fly production. These conditions typically have other environmental consequences (like water and groundwater pollution, noxious odors, etc.), so you'd be solving a lot of problems at once.

[Ken Massingale]

Jeffrey,
I recommend the gizmo we bought last year. It's basically a plastic bag with an inverted funnel like top that you hang away from the house. It comes with some powder that you mix with a bit of your native soil and water. This stuff stinks like 10 roadkill possums with a dozen ticked of skunks! But, it works. It's the first we've used that has. Here's one source:
http://www.cleanairgardening.com/flytrap.html
We live across the road from a pasture with about 40 cows and were infested with flys until using this. I will be ordering another one or 2 soon since it's warming up.
ken

[Jeffrey Schronce]

And then there are political solutions, as in regulations discouraging the conditions that allow fly production. These conditions typically have other environmental consequences (like water and groundwater pollution, noxious odors, etc.), so you'd be solving a lot of problems at once.

Can't stop farming in Central PA. And a lot of it is organic. Dairy farms generate poop and poop brings flys. Farming is highly regulated in the area (father in law was farmer for 40 years) just those organic fertilizers are nasty smelling and bring flys as well.

[Jeffrey Schronce]

Jeffrey,
I recommend the gizmo we bought last year. It's basically a plastic bag with an inverted funnel like top that you hang away from the house. It comes with some powder that you mix with a bit of your native soil and water. This stuff stinks like 10 roadkill possums with a dozen ticked of skunks! But, it works. It's the first we've used that has. Here's one source:
http://www.cleanairgardening.com/flytrap.html
We live across the road from a pasture with about 40 cows and were infested with flys until using this. I will be ordering another one or 2 soon since it's warming up.
ken

Wow and you can't beat the price. I am glad to hear that such a simple solutions works. I think I will get a couple and put one on each corner of the yard that neighbors the fields. Thanks for your suggestion.

[Crash2510]

make sure that these things don't stay too close to your house and the wind doesn't blow toward your house because they really really begin to stink

also don't forget to keep the water level up

[Jeffrey Schronce]

Glad to see a couple of you have this traps. Do you recommend 1 or 2?

[DaveW]

This stuff stinks like 10 roadkill possums with a dozen ticked of skunks! But, it works.

LOL! Thanks for the friday laugh (I don't doubt that it's potent, but that's just a hilarious description!)