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Biting Flies #3130088
05/25/20 12:08 PM
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Have any of y’all noticed a HUGE increase of biting flies this year? They’re worse here than I’ve ever seen.
I’ve dug out my 1980’s-ish bug zapper...and it’s wearing them out, but good Lord these flies are terrible.
Any serious suggestions?

Re: Biting Flies [Re: Butchman205] #3130099
05/25/20 12:32 PM
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Ya got bit few mins ago..lil suckers will make a welp for bit


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Re: Biting Flies [Re: Butchman205] #3130114
05/25/20 01:04 PM
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Get a beach ball or two and paint them...completely cover them in Tanglefoot....hang them around your yard wherever the flies are bad.

Re: Biting Flies [Re: Butchman205] #3130119
05/25/20 01:22 PM
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It's the freaking ball gnats down here. Drive you crazy!!

Re: Biting Flies [Re: Butchman205] #3130124
05/25/20 01:32 PM
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absolutely...deer flies and blue tailed flies, both!!


experience is a freakin' awesome teacher....
Re: Biting Flies [Re: Butchman205] #3130166
05/25/20 03:09 PM
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They were eating my dog up, bought some SWAT from tractor supply and they won't even go near him now.


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Re: Biting Flies [Re: Butchman205] #3130170
05/25/20 03:16 PM
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Haven't noticed many on the north end. Plenty stink bugs. I don't recall ever seeing biting flies growing up. No wood bees either. Always had horse flies.


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Re: Biting Flies [Re: Butchman205] #3130210
05/25/20 04:41 PM
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I grew up with my grandparents, noticed most of the old men never got sunburn or bug bit... took me a while to get
Tuff, dumb, or smart but wear long sleeves and pants all year... plus I catch poison oak standing down wind, but
I got them biting bassturds bad

Re: Biting Flies [Re: Stob] #3130211
05/25/20 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Stob
It's the freaking ball gnats down here. Drive you crazy!!


You may have to start wearing pants when you go out.....

Re: Biting Flies [Re: Butchman205] #3130283
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Gonna sew me some undies out of mosquito netting.

Re: Biting Flies [Re: Butchman205] #3130296
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The flies have been bad here in South Florida for the last two months.


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Re: Biting Flies [Re: Ridge Life] #3130313
05/25/20 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Ridge Life
I grew up with my grandparents, noticed most of the old men never got sunburn or bug bit... took me a while to get
Tuff, dumb, or smart but wear long sleeves and pants all year... plus I catch poison oak standing down wind, but
I got them biting bassturds bad


I put a T-shirt on, and they were biting me through it like it wasn’t there. I had to cover myself from head to toe in Deet. I hate it, but that’s all I’ve seen that helps so far.

Re: Biting Flies [Re: bward85] #3130315
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Originally Posted by bward85
Get a beach ball or two and paint them...completely cover them in Tanglefoot....hang them around your yard wherever the flies are bad.


Now is that a for real working solution?...or a “it’d be funny to get that big dumb redneck to tie beach balls hanging up around his property” kind of thing?
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

If it seriously works, I’ll try it.

Re: Biting Flies [Re: Butchman205] #3130409
05/26/20 03:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Butchman205
Originally Posted by bward85
Get a beach ball or two and paint them...completely cover them in Tanglefoot....hang them around your yard wherever the flies are bad.


Now is that a for real working solution?...or a “it’d be funny to get that big dumb redneck to tie beach balls hanging up around his property” kind of thing?
BWAHAHAHAHA!!!

If it seriously works, I’ll try it.

https://southwaltonmosquitocontrol.org/operations/other-pests/

Re: Biting Flies [Re: Butchman205] #3130746
05/26/20 05:04 PM
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Little bastages tore me up yesterday while I was bush hogging


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Re: Biting Flies [Re: Butchman205] #3130836
05/26/20 07:42 PM
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Last time I was fishing Fort Morgan the dam horseflies tore my ass up big time. Like a horror movie. Never seen them so bad. Had whelps all over and felt sick the next day. Two days later ran over a yellowjacket hole mowing and got stung 10 or 12 times.


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