Derkins Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 I recently visited the Dordogne and was suprised to see so many flys, isthis normall all year round or is it a seasonal thing, it has reallyput us off buying there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suze01 Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 There does seem to have been a huge amount of flies this year, more so than usual, but we have sheep next to us that attract them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 I am in 24 near Perigueux and have not had many flies this year or any other except within the organic waste composting bin which are fruit flies finishing off the peelings etc.Where were you to find so many flies - I like spiders so could do with some. A Wasp Spider had today set up a beautiful web on our composter to catch the fruit flies that manage to get out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony F Dordogne Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 I'm told this is one of the worse year for flies in our bit of 24.Loads of fruit flies to be sure and those bloody horse flies that take a chunk out of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanneclaire Posted October 2, 2006 Share Posted October 2, 2006 We've had lots of them in 81. Just recently swarms of little ones - not those attracted to fruit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derkins Posted October 4, 2006 Author Share Posted October 4, 2006 We were near St Cyprien, also near Perigeaux. Maybe my husband was beeing too french and needed a bath! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandt Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 flies are a fact of life in the country in the southwest of france in the summer. i don,t know about other areas. its just a matter of putting up with them outside and buying fly screens for the windows. or carry a flyswat with you permanently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninthace Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 [quote user="sandt"]flies are a fact of life in the country in the southwest of france in the summer. i don,t know about other areas. its just a matter of putting up with them outside and buying fly screens for the windows. or carry a flyswat with you permanently[/quote]I prefer one of those electric fly bats, the crack when you get a fly in mid air is most satisfying. Friends of ours presented one to our local cafe and the resident fly population is much reduced as a result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Found a dead young badger in a ditch on the lane that I walk daily. Flies were landing on it the first day and obviously laying eggs- after a week its abdomen was seething with what looked like fine wood chippings - it was a mass of maggots and the rear legs were already eaten to the bone.Apart from the stink there will soon be a few thousand more flies. The birds will be happy and also the lizards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tetley Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 [+o(][:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 Think it's about 12 days now and as there was no smell I took a peek at the dead badger. Just its rib cage sitting on a bed of fur and no flies in sight. Very efficient these flies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJT Posted October 11, 2006 Share Posted October 11, 2006 [quote user="Dog"]Think it's about 12 days now and as there was no smell I took a peek at the dead badger. Just its rib cage sitting on a bed of fur and no flies in sight. Very efficient these flies.[/quote]Dog, I am reading a creepy book at the moment "Body Double" by Tess Gerritsen and this reminds me very much of the young fellow at the beginning. Only just started it a few days ago so will let you know how he turns out.[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Certainly a fairly swift way to dispose of a body.Let me know if the book is any good - I have never heard of it or the author. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 We've been invaded by tiny spiders. Their webs are everywhere in the garden today, on the ground, in the air, over your wine glass. Should keep the flies off, though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 I knew an old lady who swallowed a fly. I don't know why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Perhaps she'll die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Yes, I think that is a likely outcome. It seems that she has now swallowed a bird in a foolish attempt to catch the fly. It is quite absurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Perhaps as long as she does not attempt to swallow a cat she will recover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Imagine that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 There was an old lady who swallowed a dog. What a hog! To swallow a dog! She swallowed the dog to catch the cat... She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ... She swallowed the bird to catch the spider That wriggled and jiggled and wiggled inside her. She swallowed the spider to catch the fly. But I dunno why she swallowed that fly Perhaps she'll die.Maybe she does not have sufficient cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 Now she's gone and swallowed a horse.She's dead, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Somewhere in my boxes of books and stuff stored in the barn I have a great poem from a compilation I published for the poetry club I used to help run. It was written by a satanist who was later exposed by the News of the World.But I cannot find it... so here follows another...The Fly and IThe fly follows me wherever I go, he’s the only one.Morning noon or night he finds me when I’m still.Frustrating am I as I move from place to place.Food in the kitchen, but apparently I am more delicious.I watch him as he crawls from one spot to another.This fly, that loves my skin, checking every inch.His tiny feet tickle me in my more delicate places.I swear he was blinking at me just an hour ago.This fly, should I swat it before I go to bed tonight?Should I let him live, he’s kinda cute in a buggy way.Attentive as he is he finds me whereever I am.If he bugs me tonight, swat, I swear, out he will go!Kate Clifford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 I find that when it is hot and both hands are occupied with a job, like lawnmowing or hoeing, that flies always go for my ears. What's that all about, then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 Do they smell of fruit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted October 13, 2006 Share Posted October 13, 2006 My ears? Fruity? We're not talking about your feet here, you know! [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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