those flies

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There's something about the flies here. Sometimes we have some flies in the house, they tend to fly around agressively and very quickly like a fighter plane and come to sit on my head. My mother was here last week for the first the time and she said the flies here are quite annoying, so I am not imagining this.

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When the weather (pressure) changes for the worse in summer, they seek refuge inside.

If you can't adopt preventative measure, like window/door screens, then remedial action such as old fashioned fly-paper, swatting and citronella candles can help.

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It's not that I want to prevent them from coming in, I just find they have a different character than flies I am used to.

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Is that kind of flies that seek to abduct foreigners or just little drones resembling flies?

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Swiss flies don't have the same concept of personal space.

It's a well known fact.

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What, after they've been amongst corpses and shit? - your choice.

The normal more-prevalent housefly is a PITA and continually pesters anything warm blooded, but the less common larger manic bluebottle type is the most annoying and hardly ever settles for swatting, so an electrified tennis racket air swatter is required for them.

Just make sure that you're never stranded on a deserted island and encounter their 'Lord'.

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We bought one of these at the weekend

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We live int he countryside near cows and horses- so yes, we have flies- especially when weather changes. we have fly screens on all windows- but the one on the kitchen door is a pain with dogs, cats and us going in and out all the time- so they still manage to get in. Worst is when we have lots of people of a BBQ with lots of goodies avaialble (as quite a few EFers have noticed ) when weather is hot

But when I get annoyed- I remember all the 1000s of birds of all kinds, swallows and house-martins, they sustain. Our wonderful birds would not be here to wake us to dawn chorus or to entertain us with their beauty and arial displays... make me much more tolerant of them.

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The flies that bother me are rather small. When I smash them they leave some blood. I swear they are more agressive than the flies at home. They are rather sticky, and like my head.

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The blood is probably yours

Some of the flies here actually bite if the weather is changing fast.

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Flies don't bite .... but like a mosquito, they can stick a proboscis into you and suck out your blood - but not before depositing their last meal and a blood non-coagulator, first.

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VINEGAR! Sprinkle some vinegar on a dishcloth and wipe down tops, then leave the vinegary cloth lying about ..... no more flies!

We were at a bbq on Saturday (in that heat) and the flies became unbearable, attracted by the meat smell. I did the "vinegar" thing and flies vanished!

At home I also put a few sprigs of fresh herbs on the table - Basil / mints / Oreganum /whatever has strong aroma, and that also helps.

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We live close by meadows and pastures near the farm. Harvest season comes and famers start ploughing, cutting grass, harvesting all kind of stuff you can imagine attracts those annoying insects.

Given your description those cold blooded small nosferatu type flies, they usually splatter leaving abominable blood marks on swat. Their are different in composition to those splinter-draculi type which are much larger and difficult to capture.

What I would suggest is to remove all kind of rot and decay omnipresent in the household and hang garlic in two perpendicular corners of the room. Few drops of ammoniac and cinnamon might help to create better light emitting ray which form a cross to deter the horrendous insects.

Try it for a day or two but no longer, the invasion should subside after 24 hour first excellent results should be visible. Then collect carcasses and burn them. Do not forget to spread the ashes in all four directions. Otherwise they might come back!

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Thanks for the vinegar tip- will try- but can't put vinegar on wooden furniture- will try to leave saucers full.

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Odile, you can wipe down kitchen counter tops/cupboards (?) maybe,or just dangle a vinegary soaked cloth somewhere.

A dish of water with some vinegar in also absorbs odours in house. I put vinegar in metal jugs of water on top of the Swedish oven in winter, does a double job, of giving moisture in the room/absorbing odours. And the vinegar does away with having kalk buildup inside the jugs.

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thanks odile, now i'll have to pretend im a big fat old white lark and these are my 'beaks', ok maybe i won't have to pretend too hard

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2chf for 5 i think at ottos, one for each room..

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Weeeeell, according to Wiki....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_fly

or as the little buggers are known here

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bremsen

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It's always referred to as 'biting', but they don't open their mouths and sink their teeth into you.

The following is taken from your English Wiki link:

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Masses of these are commonly known to be present in some vehicles on the road and usually can be located between accelerator and clutch