Indestructible Flies
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Bought one of those 10,000v fly zappers to get the little suckers. Swatted one today.... *ZAP*... nice spark, slight stench of burning fly and it dropped to the ground. Great I thought, off to get the handheld hoover to suck it up, get back 10s later, it's spinning round on it's back, right's itself, has a little shake and then flys off!!!
Tried with another against the window, this time it sticks to the wires, so I zap it 3 or 4 times, each time it winces and even emits a small puff of smoke, along with me saying quietly to myself "fry you b
d". Shake it off and what happens, exactly the same as above!
Christ, what does it take to kill these little sts?
And don't get me started on the Thunder flies
Tried with another against the window, this time it sticks to the wires, so I zap it 3 or 4 times, each time it winces and even emits a small puff of smoke, along with me saying quietly to myself "fry you b
d". Shake it off and what happens, exactly the same as above!Christ, what does it take to kill these little s
ts?And don't get me started on the Thunder flies
GTIR said:
KingRichard said:
Everyone has been going on about Thunderbugs at work. I've never heard of them before! What are they?
There the bug that make you late for your pickup, very common down you neck of the woods. 
Cheers
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Our cat seems to have become very adept at catching them and eating them.
Not sure how it does it, but usually gets them within the first or second swipe.
Those zapping things are pointless (hand held?), you need one with more juice, or squash em when you knock them down.
Fly papers?
Old fashioned squisher swiper thingy?
Dave
Not sure how it does it, but usually gets them within the first or second swipe.
Those zapping things are pointless (hand held?), you need one with more juice, or squash em when you knock them down.
Fly papers?
Old fashioned squisher swiper thingy?
Dave
Nothing a good box lid can't handle. Though my proudest moment was when I caught a bluebottle (admittedly whilke it was on the table rubbing it's paws together) RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES with the blade of my knife. I couldn't believe it. It just hung their, amazed and doubtless in awe of my ninja abilities, waving it's feet about thinking "how did he do that!?". Not managed a repeat, though.
Whitefly Swatter said:
GTIR said:
KingRichard said:
Everyone has been going on about Thunderbugs at work. I've never heard of them before! What are they?
There the bug that make you late for your pickup, very common down you neck of the woods. Cheers
Wikipedia
Evil damn things.
Dupont666 said:
no,Get one of these
glazbagun said:
Nothing a good box lid can't handle. Though my proudest moment was when I caught a bluebottle (admittedly whilke it was on the table rubbing it's paws together) RIGHT BETWEEN THE EYES with the blade of my knife. I couldn't believe it. It just hung their, amazed and doubtless in awe of my ninja abilities, waving it's feet about thinking "how did he do that!?". Not managed a repeat, though.
I also had a ground breaking moment the other night, the wife and I were in bed and there was a bluebottle noisey bd buzzing around the bedroom, so I switched the lamp on and little bd headed towards the light as he made his aproach I went for him and caught him in my hand, a true ninja moment! The fly weren't expecting that!Number 5, quicker than a fly, oh yes!
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