Anyone have fly problems when using the egg?

viamarco · November 2012

I recently got my egg and have had massive flys around when I am cooking. This usually results into a bunch in the house. Anyone have a solution? I'll take any suggestions as this is quite a problem in the house.

SouthGaSmoker · November 2012

I did until I got this... http://www.bigstinkyflytrap.com/ . It's scary at just how good it works.

Little Steven · November 2012

Mosquitoes here til September

travisstrick · November 2012

I recently had a fly orgy on my back porch. It was like one of the plagues from the bible. Hundreds of flys and most were boofin. I bet I killed 1 hundred before my swatting arm got tired.

Little Steven · November 2012

Travis, Not a fly alive here man but it's stinkin' cold

Baysidebob · November 2012

SouthGaSmoker said:

I did until I got this... http://www.bigstinkyflytrap.com/ . It's scary at just how good it works.

Skeeters not a problem but flys are. Just ordered one. Hope it works.

Kosko · November 2012

travisstrick said:

I recently had a fly orgy on my back porch. It was like one of the plagues from the bible. Hundreds of flys and most were boofin. I bet I killed 1 hundred before my swatting arm got tired.

I think I had one of those fly orgys IN my house this past summer.me and my wife I know killed over a hundred ! Thank you @SouthGasSmoker I will be buying that this next spring! And it's like they are attracted when I am smoking on the egg!

travisstrick · November 2012

Little Steven said:

Travis, Not a fly alive here man but it's stinkin' cold

I lived in Fairbanks, AK for 4 years. I enjoyed the cold but the dang skeeters in the summer really cut into my beer drinking and debauchery.

FanOfFanboys · November 2012

I can sit on my patio all day and zero flys. Within 20-30 mins of lighting my egg I gotta sit in front yard or garage. It's unbearable in the warm months and in SC that's 8-9 months a year.

nolaegghead · November 2012

Here's a fun way to dispatch flies. With a salt gun.

http://bugasalt.com/how/

....and the worst video ad I've ever seen...

Fred19Flintstone · November 2012

nolaegghead said:

Here's a fun way to dispatch flies. With a salt gun.

http://bugasalt.com/how/

....and the worst video ad I've ever seen...

I told Wilma that I want one for Christmas more than a Red Ryder BB Gun!

nolaegghead · November 2012

Fred19Flintstone said:

nolaegghead said:

Here's a fun way to dispatch flies. With a salt gun.

http://bugasalt.com/how/

....and the worst video ad I've ever seen...

I told Wilma that I want one for Christmas more than a Red Ryder BB Gun!

Don't put an eye out! :D

khristyjeff · November 2012

No bugs but cat infestation is bad. Living in the country, "you might be a redneck if . . . "

Outlaw77 · November 2012

I bought one of those bugasalts during his campaign. It finally arrived about 3 weeks ago. Works like a champ!

JohnMc · November 2012

So just how stinky is the bigstinky flytrap? I bought one of those little bag things at Home Depot and it drew the flies but it smelled so horrible I couldn't keep it anywhere near the egging area.

Buckdodger · November 2012

SouthGaSmoker said:

I did until I got this... http://www.bigstinkyflytrap.com/ . It's scary at just how good it works.

Thanks for the heads up on this type of trap....We have a heck of a time with yellow jackets and red wasps. Gonna get one of these.

SouthGaSmoker · November 2012

JohnMc said:

So just how stinky is the bigstinky flytrap? I bought one of those little bag things at Home Depot and it drew the flies but it smelled so horrible I couldn't keep it anywhere near the egging area.

You want to position it a good ways off from your patio because it lives up to its name. This past summer we have filled the gallon jar twice full of flies and yes it is as gross as it sounds!

BamaEGG · November 2012

This might go without saying but do you have dogs & if so do you keep the yard cleaned up after them. You can cut your fly problem down by probably 75% if you clean the yard at least once every 5-6 days. It breaks their reproductive cycle which is 6-7 days. Of course you'd get better results if your neighbors did the same. The average fly will keep within about a 150 yard radius.

Sorry to get all technical. I own a business that cleans dog waste from peoples yards so I see this a lot and its really helped at my house with my cooking. Course doesnt matter if you dont have dogs.

XLBalco · November 2012

this might help

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XLBalco · November 2012

lol - same one as nola posted- new ad though

Skiddymarker · November 2012

BamaEGG said:

This might go without saying but do you have dogs & if so do you keep the yard cleaned up after them. You can cut your fly problem down by probably 75% if you clean the yard at least once every 5-6 days. It breaks their reproductive cycle which is 6-7 days. Of course you'd get better results if your neighbors did the same. The average fly will keep within about a 150 yard radius.

Sorry to get all technical. I own a business that cleans dog waste from peoples yards so I see this a lot and its really helped at my house with my cooking. Course doesnt matter if you dont have dogs.

Good advice, I clean up daily, if I waited 5-6 days I'd need to rent a Bobcat.

Don't really have a fly problem, but we do have more than our share of spiders and yellow jacket hornets.

FanOfFanboys · November 2012

BamaEGG said:

This might go without saying but do you have dogs & if so do you keep the yard cleaned up after them. You can cut your fly problem down by probably 75% if you clean the yard at least once every 5-6 days. It breaks their reproductive cycle which is 6-7 days. Of course you'd get better results if your neighbors did the same. The average fly will keep within about a 150 yard radius.

Sorry to get all technical. I own a business that cleans dog waste from peoples yards so I see this a lot and its really helped at my house with my cooking. Course doesnt matter if you dont have dogs.

I don't have a dog but neighbor does and she keeps outside. There is a fence between us but I know that wont stop flys since they can, fly. But I can stay in my back yard all day have zero flys. It's only after I get the Egg going then there is a mini swarm! But that's good info about the cycle bc I plan to get a lab for my kid in the spring time.

Baysidebob · November 2012

I've had dismal luck with traps. Fine for a farm but not my yard.

I got the Exicutioner Pro from Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003TT3GDC/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00

Great for those flies cruising in lazy circles aroung the BGE. A swell "pop" and blue flash when they go down. Not as good for sitting flies. I just ordered the Bugasalt for them.

jeroldharter · November 2012

I also use the Executioner Pro. Very satisfying experience electrocuting insects with the nice blue spark. Sometimes it takes a few jolts to fry them good. Could be a useful training tool for the neighbor's barking dogs as well.

That Bugassault looks like a must have item.

nolaegghead · November 2012

You just need a giant purple dinosaur.

FanOfFanboys · November 2012

@nolaegghead how much have you been drinking and what was in your search string where you found that?

nolaegghead · November 2012

FanOfFanboys said:

@nolaegghead how much have you been drinking and what was in your search string where you found that?

I remembered the song, and I'm a HUGE Barney fan. Not. I just remembered the song.

jimreed777 · November 2012

FanOfFanboys said:

I can sit on my patio all day and zero flys. Within 20-30 mins of lighting my egg I gotta sit in front yard or garage. It's unbearable in the warm months and in SC that's 8-9 months a year.

same here in NC

zosobao5150 · November 2012

I don't like cooking with other guys near my egg, so no fly problems here.

mb99zz · December 2012

Not too many fly problems...but the stink bugs are brutal where I'm at. I get them on and in the egg. I had one on the inside of the egg up in the daisy wheel. He was cooked and his last action in life was to add his own smoke to the egg. I know my mom always said "we don't hate"...but I bloody hate those little pests.

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