black fly
 

hello all :D

i know this has been proberly talked about alot, but the season is getting closer, as its our first year here in nova scotia, we would like to know what works best for black fly.
we understand that they are nasty little ?????? but was wondering for for our daughter than us, we here that they leave a nasty little bite that is really ichy.

any advice would be great, just want to enjoy our new back yard and not to be hideing away inside :)

paul & joanne

hope you all well :thumbsup:

Re: black fly
 

After Bite is really good stuff, stinks but works on itchy or painful bites. Clothes (long sleeves etc) also protect against blackflies, of course it's much better to spray clothes, not skin, with repellent and a hat covered in spray also does the job. Good for keeping that strong sun off too.

It's already begun btw, I had a mossie land on my hand yesterday and saw a couple of blackflies this morning. They won't start biting for a few weeks though :thumbdown:

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I am so looking forward to my first summer in NS but I am also dreading the bugs. I am quite badly affected by bites. I like your idea of a hat sprayed in replellant.

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dont wear hats, but might start now :rofl:

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We have big gangs of mossies hanging around now - I sent my OH into a big group of them yesterday to test if they were biting yet....lol! Luckily for him they are not!

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Nobody told me about any black flies.....:ohmy:How come these things are discussed now that I've booked flights etc?:unsure:I think we'll postpone till November
The famous Scottish midges dont seem so bad now:rofl:

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They would be all the males then.

It's only the females that bite...now there's a surprise. :p

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yes always the female that gets the last word :) havent seen any of them yet here cant wait NOT :curse:

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You are wicked!! :thumbsup:

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believe me the ones in scotland have nothing on mossies/black fly in canada..:rofl:

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We find that Black fly bites dont itch they just bleed. Black fly tend to go for sweaty areas behind ears hairline neck etc, they tend to be near wooded areas, spray on repelents seem to work well, we use deapwoods OFF. This also works for mosquitos whos bites definetly do itch and swell. again wooded areas are worst and repellent works well. We use a bug zapper in our garden together with citronella candles it keeps the worst of them off, you can get bug lights for outdoor use (Yellow) which dont attract the bugs like normal white light does.

Unfortunately with Canada comes Bugs, you have to learn to live with them.

Most house windows have netting screens on them to stop the bug_gers:curse: getting in.

Black fly tend to be seasonal quite specific months, Mosquitos are here just after the snow departs until the frost returns.

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Since this thread might be read by a number of potential immigrants, let me just add that not all of Canada suffers from black fly or silly amounts of mozzies. I cite Richmond Hill as an example, but there are many others.

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yaaaaaaaa, but Richmond Hill is mega-bucks! Blackfly can't afford to live there, and nor can most of us.....:p

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Ah, that's it, is it? Nothing to do with being further south than the range of the blackfly, then?

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When our kids were too small to be comfortable smothering them in deet we bought "biteblocker", which worked pretty well...its one of the only deet free products to be proven effective in proper studies.

http://www.homs.com/deetfree.htm


For reclaiming the yard we bought a skeetervac several years ago, and it mostly does a good job, although it did break down once and required a replacement "engine". Despite that we persist with it, in fact Im off to track down supplies for it now. Mainly good for mozzies, but takes a chunk out of the Black Flies too, although BF season is mercifully short for us.
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