March Fly Time is Coming QLD.
Submitted: Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 08:12
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CLC50
MARCH FLY
It will be that this time of the year , Up on
the Beach ,
camping @ Noosa Freshwater or North or South. March Flies can spoil your Weekend.
I have discovered that by slow Burning of Coconut Husk ,The Smoke Smell through your
Camp ,which have a nice smell ,(husk only, not the hole rotten Coconut ) No MORE March Flies. So give it a try next Time it Works
They just Leave. I have found that some Last Year drew Blood .& it was a bad year.
Last November some of my sons contractors spent a week end camped on
the beach with me ,They Played Cricket on
the Beach they scored 28 Runs in 1/2 Hour, I won with 74 March Flies Dead .
I discovered it by accident,my son & I were been attached big time early morning last January ,Our
camp fire was still warm from the night before so I threw some coconut husk on to get the fire going as we where going to
cook a cheese, bacon & egg Damper later.As soon as the smoke & smell came the march flies went, other times I have sat by the fire & the little Sh------- s still bite
IT works don't need much smoke just the smell of the coconut husk Smouldering
Don't know about other southern states not many coconuts on
the beach,wash up.
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Have a Great Day
Reply By: Member - MUZBRY (VIC) - Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 08:38
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 08:38
Gday
We don't get many coconuts floating up on
the beach here in Dandenong so we will have to import some husk (mungi mungi ) to our southern land and test out your theory
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Follow Up By: CLC50 - Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:13
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:13
Well its looks like I will have to start bagging some,
New Business
Coconut Husk Pty Ltd LOL
Calling for invester & Share Holders ( Good business Idea no Profit )
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Reply By: Footloose - Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:08
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:08
Thanks for
the tip. I have one come visit me every morning lately, little B zooms around until I take a swipe. I was going to grab some spray :)
Does that coconut husk smoke keep any other bities away I wonder ? Sand flies , mozzies etc ?
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Follow Up By: CLC50 - Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:18
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:18
I have not notice , will wait for information ,when you test it,Ihave no problems where I
camp with them.
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Reply By: Shaker - Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:12
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:12
Just remember that March flies are attracted to the colour blue.
It amazes me that so much
camping equipment is blue, we first noticed this using blue buckets to get
water from the rivers. We now use green & the problem has all but gone away.
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Follow Up By: CLC50 - Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:15
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 09:15
Yes Blue is there Colour
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Reply By: Footloose - Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 10:07
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 10:07
"March Fly" is an interesting name for em. I assume it comes from our early settlers. Do they appear in Europe in March ? Or is there another reason ?
I've heard them described as "horse flies" and "elephant flies" (politely of course :), are there other terms for the little B's ?
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Follow Up By: Shaker - Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 10:55
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 10:55
It is just a bastardisation of the correct name, which is "marsh fly"
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Follow Up By: Footloose - Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 11:49
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 11:49
Thanks Shaker, learn something new every day
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Follow Up By: CLC50 - Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 11:54
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 11:54
www.insectsofalberta.com/marchfly.htm
Hi Footloose
I have called these Pest March Files as long as I can remember back to school days in the Late 40's early 50'
the web page is above ,you might have to type into your computer
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Follow Up By: CLC50 - Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 12:05
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 12:05
On checking the web Page the Horse Fly looks more like the march fly that I call a march Fly gee been wrong all these years Thats Life
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Follow Up By: Member - Blue (VIC) - Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 16:37
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 16:37
CLC, I got another march fly for ya... March Fly and this looks more like what we grew up calling marchy's...
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Follow Up By: CLC50 - Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 16:51
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 16:51
Hi Blue
Yes that's the one ,There so Strong They could carry a piece a of Straw broom around class room Teacher where not impressed.
Please don"t ask we where they carried them.~~~~~~~
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Follow Up By: Member - Blue (VIC) - Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 16:55
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 16:55
I wanna know how the hell you tied the straw to'em...
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Follow Up By: CLC50 - Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 17:27
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 17:27
Hi Blue
SUPOSITORY
you had to ask
( gee dad what does that mean )
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Follow Up By: Member - Blue (VIC) - Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 17:28
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 17:28
Now that made me chuckle...
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Reply By: Dave198 - Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 18:53
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 18:53
Someone told me one day that the March fly or Horse flies weren't in Australia until after the return of the soldiers from the Boer War.
Did they bring the horses back with them?
Dave
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Follow Up By: Dave198 - Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 22:01
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 22:01
I should have added that it was suggested that the flies come back with the horses, but I am not sure if the horses came back.
Dave
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Reply By: MartyB - Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 19:10
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 19:10
Take some cotton with you.
Catch some and make little nooses with the cotton.
They make great pets on a lead.
Tie one at each end & watch them fight which way to go.
Or you can poke a blade of grass up their bum & let them go, very amusing watching them flying vertically.
Or rip one wing off, every time they try to take off they flip over.
Might as
well make use of them, it keeps the kids amused for ages.
from Marty.
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Follow Up By: Member - Troll 81 (QLD) - Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 20:31
Tuesday, Oct 31, 2006 at 20:31
I have done that but the best one is catch a bunch of them and stick them onto some gaffa tape dip that into some diesel and light them.....funny
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