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toroddfuglesteg
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Topic: Unwanted flies Posted: October 14 2009 at 15:54 |
Hi. I live in the seventh floor of a big building and I have some problems with creepy crawlies coming up from the floorboards and from the walls. I want to fumigate the flat without loosing my own life, killing my neighbour below and killing my food. Any good, SERIOUS ideas about what spray I should buy ?
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Mr ProgFreak
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Posted: October 14 2009 at 16:35 |
Call a professional exterminator.
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Vompatti
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Posted: October 14 2009 at 16:39 |
Place lemon slices next to the walls at a distance of every two feet.
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rushfan4
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Posted: October 14 2009 at 16:46 |
Have you tried honey? Oh wait, that attracts flies...............and bears. err..better not.
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Epignosis
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Posted: October 14 2009 at 16:56 |
I saw the thread title and thought, "So what? Delete them..."
Too much time on the computer these days...
Anyway, I don't know what your landlord's policies are, but here, pest control is part of the deal. Perhaps you can speak to the owner of the building to get this remedied?
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: October 14 2009 at 17:02 |
Rolled up newspaper.
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Help me I'm falling!
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Dean
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Posted: October 14 2009 at 17:21 |
Flies are short lived and will all be dead within a few week's. Your task is to find the source and remove that otherwise they'll keep coming back.
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What?
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Mr ProgFreak
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Posted: October 14 2009 at 17:33 |
I guess if it's a lot of normal flies then it might be a dead animal (mouse, rat, bird) ... if it's small flies it might be fruit flies - in that case simply lock away any fruit (apples, oranges ...) for some time (a few weeks) and the flies should be gone. If it's moths ... you might want to find out whether they feed on your clothes or food.
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TheCaptain
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Posted: October 14 2009 at 20:37 |
If it's fruit flies there is a really nifty trap you can make (although the question of whether it attracts more than disposes of is another matter). Take an empty jar and put a little jelly or something along those lines in the bottom. Then make a funnel out of a piece of paper and place the narrow end into the jar (make sure the hole is small. Flies get in but not out.
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Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.
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Atavachron
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Posted: October 15 2009 at 02:57 |
Aren't flies usually unwanted? I mean unless you're a black widow or a chameleon have you ever said "Cool, flies!"
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