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marky
02-09-2005, 23:49
I'm having a massive problem with them and dont know how to stop it any ideas
Russ
02-09-2005, 23:51
I'm having a massive problem with them and dont know how to stop it any ideas

Go have a cold shower? Stop looking at them as objects and try to get to know their personalities?
Bex
02-09-2005, 23:52
I'm having a massive problem with them and dont know how to stop it any ideas

silly question but do you have your windows/doors open? do you mean they are getting into the house?
dilli-theclaw
02-09-2005, 23:52
Well in my meaner days i'd say an aerosol can and a match - but that's very dangerous and stupid
Mal
02-09-2005, 23:54
I'm having a massive problem with them and dont know how to stop it any ideasPut a large net over your house. :)
Paul
03-09-2005, 00:04
Flyspray.
Keytops
03-09-2005, 00:04
Around this way there's a noticable lack of them this year - I've only seen 3 so far this year (normally it'd be half a dozen every night).

There's also been an almost total lack of wasps too - I don't think I've actually seen one all summer. :dozey:
Xaccers
03-09-2005, 00:25
I'm having a massive problem with them and dont know how to stop it any ideas

Find your nearest airsoft shop.
Buy the following:

M203 grenade launcher
165 rnd shower shell
Can of green gas (propane)

Charge the shower shell with green gas and load it into the M203.
Aim at offending insect and pull trigger.
Works well with flies as they don't see it coming.

http://www.sgcgb.com/xac/MVI_3198.AVI

No insects were harmed in the making of this video



Around this way there's a noticable lack of them this year - I've only seen 3 so far this year (normally it'd be half a dozen every night).

There's also been an almost total lack of wasps too - I don't think I've actually seen one all summer. :dozey:


I've noticed that too!
Think I've only seen 1 wasp
homealone
03-09-2005, 00:35
I have only really seen one wasp, and all 'it' was concerned with, was shredding an old wooden bench of a few fibres to chew up & make a nest, somewhere .....

we get too many starlings for crane flies to be a problem - the birds eat the 'leather jackets' i.e. crane fly larvae :)
marky
03-09-2005, 00:38
After very carefull consideration for all the suggestions the winner has to be



http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/showpost.php?p=568329&postcount=8
i like so much:D
downquark1
03-09-2005, 02:52
Had millions of them this year. I'm getting quite adept at killing them.
marky
03-09-2005, 02:56
Had millions of them this year. I'm getting quite adept at killing them.
please tell how hand grenade, ak47, or hoover ;)
AndrewJ
03-09-2005, 03:20
Well in my meaner days i'd say an aerosol can and a match - but that's very dangerous and stupid


:rofl:

* has images of Dilli running around house screaming war cries with a flamethrower to kill a fly. *

:rofl:
Xaccers
03-09-2005, 03:24
:rofl:

* has images of Dilli running around house screaming war cries with a flamethrower to kill a fly. *

:rofl:

I hope his fire insurace is up to date!
AndrewJ
03-09-2005, 03:28
:rofl:

* has images of Dilli running around house screaming war cries with a flamethrower to kill a fly. *

:rofl:

I hope his fire insurace is up to date!


Aye! :D
Nidge
03-09-2005, 06:19
Did you know that Daddy Long Legs have venom? They don't know how to use it though. Taken from Nuts Magazine :D :D :D
makikomi
03-09-2005, 08:39
Go have a cold shower? Stop looking at them as objects and try to get to know their personalities?

lmao!!!! :D :D :D
Xaccers
03-09-2005, 08:41
Did you know that Daddy Long Legs have venom? They don't know how to use it though. Taken from Nuts Magazine :D :D :D

Well like most spiders, daddy long legs (the spider not the cranefly) has fangs.
It's actually very potent stuff, but thankfully it's fangs can't break our skin
Halcyon
03-09-2005, 16:19
Thankgoodness they cant kill you.
Luckily none have come in to my room lately.
They are attracted to light too like Moths so keep the lights low.
Millay
03-09-2005, 16:28
Ive got a mosquito net over my window works like a treat have no buzzy things in here, living by woods I suffer from hornet mayflies and all manner of horrible things.. our local Aldi was selling window mozzi nets for 99p!
Halcyon
03-09-2005, 17:01
Thats sounds like a very good idea Millay.
I might have to get some of those for next year as I'd love to sleep with the windows open and not have insects coming in at night.
Mr_love_monkey
03-09-2005, 17:35
I've encased my entire house in a large amount of jelly.

Stops craneflys, flys, spiders, and everything...
Millay
03-09-2005, 19:30
I've encased my entire house in a large amount of jelly.

Stops craneflys, flys, spiders, and everything...


any particular flavour? :D
Lord Nikon
03-09-2005, 19:42
KY perhaps?
aliferste
03-09-2005, 20:35
I'm having a massive problem with them and dont know how to stop it any ideas

What kind of problem ar eyou actually having with them?

They dont actually do anything you know, just sort of bump around comically!! :erm:
Caspar
03-09-2005, 20:54
We've had a few this year...prob flushed about 9 so far :(
dilli-theclaw
03-09-2005, 21:12
:rofl:

* has images of Dilli running around house screaming war cries with a flamethrower to kill a fly. *

:rofl: Yup - exactly - stopped when I realised I was a naughty boy, and I was leaving scorch marks on the wall.
Angua
03-09-2005, 21:16
A good old fashioned fly swat! (You can never catch a fly with one but crane flies are easy peasy)!
Matth
03-09-2005, 22:21
I have a "joke" flyswat that's made to look like a 5 1/4" floppy disk (solid, and with the hole in the middle).
Absolutely useless against anything else, but great for giving craneflies a taste of the speed of flight they'd never enjoy under their own power.
Maggy
03-09-2005, 22:59
What a bunch of wimps you lot are.I grew up having to shake out my footwear in the mornings in case of scorpions hiding in them.What the hell can a daddy long legs do to you lot.They can't bite you and they can't even fly away fast enough. :erm:

If I find any hanging around the lights I just catch 'em and put them out the window.

I bet you all regret all those spiders you killed this summer too.They would have sorted the problem for you in no time.
;)
Angua
03-09-2005, 23:35
What a bunch of wimps you lot are.I grew up having to shake out my footwear in the mornings in case of scorpions hiding in them.What the hell can a daddy long legs do to you lot.They can't bite you and they can't even fly away fast enough. :erm:

If I find any hanging around the lights I just catch 'em and put them out the window.

I bet you all regret all those spiders you killed this summer too.They would have sorted the problem for you in no time.
;)
Tooooo Truuuueeeee
The answer for spiders in the bath is to leave a towel hanging over the side!
Mal
03-09-2005, 23:58
Tooooo Truuuueeeee
The answer for spiders in the bath is to leave a towel hanging over the side!
No, the answer is a piece of tissue* and pressure from your fingers ;)

* Just to prevent the blood from getting on your fingers ;)
cara08
04-09-2005, 08:58
What a bunch of wimps you lot are.I grew up having to shake out my footwear in the mornings in case of scorpions hiding in them.What the hell can a daddy long legs do to you lot.They can't bite you and they can't even fly away fast enough. :erm:

If I find any hanging around the lights I just catch 'em and put them out the window.

I bet you all regret all those spiders you killed this summer too.They would have sorted the problem for you in no time.
;)

yes i`m a wimp i hate daddy longlegs and spiders, and anything creepy crawly
Xaccers
04-09-2005, 09:39
Just to clarify

Daddy longlegs (a spider)
http://212.84.179.117/i/Daddy-Long-Legs%20Spider.jpg

Cranefly (an insect)
http://www.weedcontroluk.com/Specialist_/cranefly_leather_jacket.JPG

Totally unrelated to each other, but I'm sure you all already knew that :)
marky
29-09-2005, 18:25
Sorry to drag this back up, but its just been on the news that chepstow racecourse need new turf because a horse had to be destroyed,

and its down to the daddy longlegs.
Shaun
29-09-2005, 18:47
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/4220322.stm

A serious fall that injured jockey Pat Dobbs was caused by a weakening of the turf around the five-furlong mark.

This is believed to be due to grass roots being eaten by an infestation of the larval stage of the crane fly, more often known as "daddy-long-legs".