Jessy69

In Sydney there were alot of flies, but after awhile you sorta get use to them.. what are the flying insects like in other parts of Oz?

moneypenny20

Alright I guess. I don't take a lot of notice so I guess they're not too bad Even in places where it is bad, it's only like that for a month or so. It's not a year round problem as far as I'm aware

matt-and-jenny

six legs, buzz about.

matt-and-jenny

sorry...
I've heard that flies are worse this year (can't say I've noticed) in Brisbane because of the drought. Apparently there's a bug that eats fly eggs (larvae??) and its population has dwindled through lack of water.
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paul30

think there's someone who may disagree with you there

worzel

Perth is renown for having a flies problem but it is really only an issue for about 6 weeks around November. Apparently they live on animal dung inland and are blown in with an easterly wind. The dung beetle breeding season is a few weeks behind but once they hatch they eat dung and there are less flies. With the heat of mid-summer we tend to get strong breezes (the Fremantle Doctor) from off the sea as the land heats up during the day which is in the opposite direction and so helps keep them away.

You just get used to them and do the "Australian Salute" to swish them away.

Jessy69

Thanks. Cork bobbed hat it is then.

moneypenny20

Only one? You surprise me Just my opinion of what I've seen and heard. Who gets them all year? FNQ or Darwin I guess. Don't know, don't care if they don't bother me

pominNoosa

Flies pretty non existent (so far) round Eumundi. It's the jovially named Christmas beetles that annoy the hell out of me with their stupid bouncing off yer head routine. :curse:

worzel

I tried that once at an Aussie themed party in the UK and nearly took my eye out You can buy a net to go over your hat and face but you would have to have no self-respect to wear it.

Budgie

The flies in Brissie seem worse than they were last year - current theory is because of early spring storms that blew a lot of them in from the interior.

I was in Melbourne last week, though, and they are REALLY bad there. Lot's of people running round the streets looking like they are waving semaphore at each other...

ianandhelena

No problem here in Hobart.

worzel

But what about the polar bears?

ianandhelena

All scared off by the drop bears

Timber Floor Au

you mean you havent done an interstate analysis , comparison and demographic of our insectoids?