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Title: Flies.....
Post by Nobrot the Great on Dec 26^th, 2008 at 4:28pm

Now that flies are as far from out thoughts as......well, flies.Does anyone know where they go,do they hibernate or just die and fall out of the sky one day.Is there a communal meeting place where the buggers hide,ready to attack us in plague like proportions one spring afternoon.

I'm on a quest and need help........

Title: Re: Flies.....
Post by ColinB on Dec 26^th, 2008 at 6:04pm

Hmmmm...... a Spanish neighbour, a professional type of apparently sound mind, told us in the autumn that as there weren't many flies this year, the chemical companies had got together and chartered an aeroplane to drop maggots all over the campo so they's hatch and make the local authorities buy fly kill chemicals so ensuring these companies wouldn't have sich a financially hard year.

He was serious.

Makes ya think huh?

Title: Re: Flies.....
Post by Nobrot the Great on Dec 27^th, 2008 at 1:48pm

Full marks for ingenuity if that is the case.May the pilots thingy be infested with wasps

Title: Re: Flies.....
Post by Nobrot the Great on Dec 27^th, 2008 at 1:51pm

For 'Thingy' see...Cockpit

Title: Re: Flies.....
Post by cactus jack on Dec 27^th, 2008 at 2:38pm

These ""professional sound minded"" spaniards do have a great sense of humour, dont they?
I suppose they chuck out a load of doggie doo doos as well to feed the maggots on. :-/

Title: Re: Flies.....
Post by PlanesPete on Dec 27^th, 2008 at 9:46pm

It's a bit of a read but this web page is a mine of info on flies.

It is US based but sont le that put you off.

http://www.oliveoilsource.com/Olive_fly_homeowner.htm

Pete.