How bad are the flies/mozzies
Jul 3rd 2008, 11:15 pm
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Re: How bad are the flies/mozzies
So, if you have a pool in your garden does that attract lots of mozzies or do the chemicals/chlorine in the water repel them?
I haven't got the hang of that quoting thing you all do but re: March flies and Xmas beetles
are they a Queensland thing? They sound horrendous.
I haven't got the hang of that quoting thing you all do but re: March flies and Xmas beetles
are they a Queensland thing? They sound horrendous.March flies on the other hand, pure evil! I've seen these all over coastal Qld, but not sure about other areas.
As for your pool, if anything is living in it, then that's a very bad sign!!
Jul 4th 2008, 12:40 am
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Re: How bad are the flies/mozzies
Xmas beetles are fine - they are like the Lancaster bomber of flying insects - you'll hear them coming, generally crashing into every wall they come across! Granted its a bit alarming when one flies into you.
March flies on the other hand, pure evil! I've seen these all over coastal Qld, but not sure about other areas.
As for your pool, if anything is living in it, then that's a very bad sign!!
March flies on the other hand, pure evil! I've seen these all over coastal Qld, but not sure about other areas.
As for your pool, if anything is living in it, then that's a very bad sign!!
The flying things I hate are the Bogongs, we seem to be on a migration path here in Canberra and they get everywhere. I dont mind the Christmas beetles much either, you know they are coming and when they slam into the fly wire the house does shake but they are harmless.
Jul 4th 2008, 12:51 am
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Re: How bad are the flies/mozzies
Ah March flies - scourge of the High Country. Bushwalking in Kosciusko in the summer you will end up being speared even through thick socks. Nasty little brutes.
The flying things I hate are the Bogongs, we seem to be on a migration path here in Canberra and they get everywhere. I dont mind the Christmas beetles much either, you know they are coming and when they slam into the fly wire the house does shake but they are harmless.
The flying things I hate are the Bogongs, we seem to be on a migration path here in Canberra and they get everywhere. I dont mind the Christmas beetles much either, you know they are coming and when they slam into the fly wire the house does shake but they are harmless.
So apparently only the women are the blood suckers.....the boys are strictly vegetarian!
Check out those fangs!
Last edited by bcworld; Jul 4th 2008 at 12:55 am.
Jul 4th 2008, 7:11 am
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Re: How bad are the flies/mozzies
bullshit. pests are a third world society mark. on a melbourne thread someone said 'you know it's not backwater, it's international and you should expect to pay rents accordingly'. if you have flies getting in your mouth and dengue fever from mosquitoes, it's not 'international' and it shows the government doesn't give a shit and maybe, just maybe, people's indolence.
Jul 4th 2008, 8:29 am
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Re: How bad are the flies/mozzies
Xmas beetles are fine - they are like the Lancaster bomber of flying insects - you'll hear them coming, generally crashing into every wall they come across! Granted its a bit alarming when one flies into you.
March flies on the other hand, pure evil! I've seen these all over coastal Qld, but not sure about other areas.
As for your pool, if anything is living in it, then that's a very bad sign!!
March flies on the other hand, pure evil! I've seen these all over coastal Qld, but not sure about other areas.
As for your pool, if anything is living in it, then that's a very bad sign!!
Jul 4th 2008, 8:48 am
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Re: How bad are the flies/mozzies
When i lived/ worked in Perth, aussie brickie said to me don't worry your get used to the flies ............. it was bad, you have a brick in one hand, a trowel in the other..............work it out horrible..... still it's only for about 2-3 months of the year
Jul 4th 2008, 10:21 am
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Re: How bad are the flies/mozzies
i was throwing in a few down a gable back in a place called northfield(brum)..
the local kids where bouncing stones off us...
that aint happened to me here in perth yet...
Jul 4th 2008, 10:55 am
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Jul 4th 2008, 10:59 am
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Re: How bad are the flies/mozzies
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Jul 4th 2008, 11:00 am
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