Mites Eating my Flies

[steady_livi]

Hi All,

Just joined the forum after looking at all the excellent contributions of flies posters have shared on these pages. They're nearly as good as the one's i tye

Joking aside, i know this topic has probably been covered numerous times and if so just delete the thread, after i have an answer.

Problem is these mites that eat my flies and turn them to dust! I have heard of the naphthalene crystal superglued inside the box etc as a deterrent but wondered if anyone had a perfect solution, apart from epoxy buzzers

One thing i noticed is that it's only my foam lined boxes that seem to be affected, although they're used more often as a preference. Is that the answer though, use the likes of fox fly boxes, or does the box type not matter?

Thanks in advance.

Al

[arkle]

Hi & welcome. 1st, the type of box shouldn't matter so long as it has not got the draught excluder open foam in it, as this will harbour water & "mites".

Genrally it's a storage problem, if you store your stuff in a shed/garage etc you're far more likely to get problems. Once a fly has been attacked, it's, in 99% of cases useless. to try & safe those which are, as yet not showing signs of problems, put them separately on a plate at least 1/2" apart from each other & give them a 10 sec. blast in the m/wave. You could do the same with PLASTIC boxes, even if they have a metal hinge pin. Then, provided the flies didn't spark, put them inside the box & freeze it for 24hours min. take out & repeat a day or so after.

Glueing naptha/etc inside isn't really nessercery, but you could use a good organic insect repellant spray on them, but leave them at least a month before fishing them.