Post flood insect explosion.
 

Since the floods a month ago there's been a massive increase in mosquitoes, sandflies & small moth like bugs up at our place. We're in the middle of another flood atm so no respite any time soon:(
Our house is fully screened yet these little critters are in abundance inside. I've been bitten to pieces by mozzies & sandflies. No idea how the buggers are getting in, I've checked the screens for damage & checked the bathroom extractor fan mesh, all good.
So with the perishers still getting in & my arse, legs & back looking like teenage fat kid with acne I've resorted to fly killer spray. Deb bought an automatic 'Raid' one that sprays the room every so often. Bloody useless the insects land on it & there's no dead ones on the floor. Next we've tried low allergenic, odourless, fast kill 'Pea Beu' also useless. I may well throw the firkin can at them for all the good the contents do!:thumbdown:
Now I've got 'Mortein Naturgard' not much improvement.
Whatever happened to to that kill em all stuff that left hoards of dead things all over the floor?

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I've used this http://www.mortein.com.au/product_pr..._sur_spray.php around our house. Granted we haven't been affected by floods, but so far so good.:fingerscrossed: It's really easy to use and gets into all the nooks and crannys. You can also create a barrier around the house by spraying away from it, like an invisible moat:D

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I use that stuff each year on the house stumps it stops most spiders & ants for up to a year. These are flying critters. I suppose the small gaps around the fly screens might be worth a spray as well.

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I spray all around the doors and windows and the door stops too . basically, if I see a hole, it gets sprayed:lol: am thinking of spraying around the pergola too. I have seen dead critters outside the house so figure it's doing something:fingerscrossed:

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So you move to OZ and emmediately start killing the inhabitants,how very english of you:blink:

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If you think you are going to make people feel guilty for killing off mozzies, you've got another think coming.

Personally I'm waiting for them to produce bogan-strength spray, I can see a ready market.

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Be careful what you wish for;)

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:lol:

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The bugs here are a different proposition to the Irish, they are way more intelligent. It's not just a case of cutting off their potato supply ... ;)

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I have unkillable fruit flies here....weird as!
Kind of glad to read this :o, thought it was just me :blink:

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Ditto. The miniature flies are all over the house here too. One even flew up my nose the other day. To my knowledge it didn't come out. :huh:

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That's actually funny:lol:

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All the wet weather seems to have "awakened" something similar to cicadas around here. At nighttime they make an awful highpitched noise :thumbdown:

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They are microwave proof, I know that! 6 minutes on high (unintentionally) and the buggers are still alive! :eek:

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Well so far the Mortein has the best success rate.:thumbup:

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Fruitflies- and loads of pantry moths. (They are having little success in my pantry as I've mothproofed as much as I can.)

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I phoned the council last week to ask how to get rid of the fruit flies as everyone I know has them since the floods. The guy I spoke to denied there as a problem. Phoned back to ask another question and got a different guy who said he had the same problem and is taking several calls a day about them. He suggested putting a cup with a small amount of juice, cover it in cling film and pierce small holes in it, this catches them and you throw them out every morning. I read online that vinegar and boiling water in your drains help, so I did that, worked for a day or so and they came back so will do it every night. My kids are absolutely covered in mosquito bites from school and all the parents have the same problem - you can small the tropical strength mozzie spray as you walk in the school gates now.

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It's my one a year.

The thread title is also a fantastic band name btw, huge merchandising potential.

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Dengue or Ross River this year?

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Dengue is already happening in Cairns and Port Douglas. No major reports in Queensland elsewhere yet....

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:thumbup: You're right, true thrash metal!!

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We've got a few too. They fly around like they own the place.