sunburn

This may sound an odd question but Summers here (for now) in the UK and we live in a semi rural area so we get a fair few flies & mozzies in the house.

Just wondering what situation in Aussie is ?

An issue in Summer ?
Any areas worse ?
Do most houses have insect screens on doors or windows ?

George Lombard

!!!! I think you ought to google this.

Try:
http://www.convictcreations.com/animals/flies.htm
http://www.viacorp.com/flybook/fulltext.html

The answers are:

Yes.
Yes, rural areas are very bad.
Yes.

Cheers,

George Lombard

www.austimmigration.com.au

sunburn

ha ha, very informative George!
I still have my facial fly net from Alice Springs over 10 yrs ago, but wasnt sure a problem in the cities so much.

jayr

You'll get a lot more than just flies.

Cockroaches appear form nowhere inside the house. They often fly in and seem to come up from the drains.

You may get finehaired caterpillars which you shouldn't touch.

You will get asian house lizards running around your wallls

You may get lots of ants living in various places around and in your house.

You will get all varieties of strange large hardbacked beetles including cicadas and some rhincoeros beetles

Oh and the occasional spider and snake. A few friends of ours have had snakes on the loose in thier houses - all in urban environments

Anastasia Beaverhausen

Too much information!!! :scared:

brisnick

Never had a problem with flies in Brisbane, or most of the places I've been in Queensland. However, Melbourne and the coast of Victoria was an absolute nightmare in the summer. Flies everywhere. There isn't a single photo I took that doesn't have a fly invading somewhere!

Lord Pom Percy

That was just the tip of the iceburg.

Lord Pom Percy

Western Coastal Vicoria you hardly see a single fly in Winter, but in Summer their everywhere because its dairy country, plenty of cow droppings for them to breed in .

Hutch

Pretty bad here in southern NSW in the summer too. Lots of dairy agriculture round these parts. We found we got used to it pretty quickly.

Grayling

Worst I have ever experienced was whilst walking round Cressbrook reservior...not far from Brisbane :scared:

G

Pollyana

they are a biiiig problem at Willowbank - the racetrack just outside Ipswich, nr Brisbane - every time you open your mouth theres a fly waiting to jump in

sunburn

Hmmm, South Victoria & South NSW sounds most affected with the cow pats ! Unless its terrible wouldn't put me off. We'd just have to train our two young boys not to pick up every spider they find etc. They have an *interest* in insects like most at that age.

What measures do people take to avoid all these crawlies in the home, esp. cockroaches. I do remember them in Sydney now ?

Thanks

Pollyana

Swear at them then yell at The Bloke till he sprays them. Then yell at him again later for leaving the bodies on the floor

iPom

I find a cricket bat works well.

Pollyana

On the cockroach or on The Bloke?