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Rickeezee · Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2006 4:45 pm Post subject:

I am on my fourths of melanogaster, no flyers yet. So far that is Laughing

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MJ · Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:06 pm Post subject:

Rickeezee · Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:08 pm Post subject:

Well some people are just plain greedy Wink

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mattie · Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2006 8:39 pm Post subject:

so i ordered a new flightless culture from livefoodsbypost sunday, received them tuesday, checked them today ive already got some flyers
so im blaming them Confused

gonna swap suppliers me thinks

Insectsunlimited · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 1:50 am Post subject: non flying fruit flies that fly

Hi, Dave @ Insects Unlimited & if they are advertised as non-flying fruit flies, they are for a couple of generations but this is because they have been genetically modified. It`s not a case of in-breeding that causes them to fly again, it`s simply that they are fruit FLIES & when they find out they can`t fly... they evolve... & in a few generations, they fly again. I tried Venus fly traps & they don`t work. This is because they don`t smell like overripe & fermenting fruit & the Venus flytrap eventually died. If you can devise a conical shaped lid with a bit of cellophane & tape it in that position & then cut a tiny hole in the end, fit it into the neck of a jar of ripe fruit or fruit flavoured baby food with the large end facing out & the pointed end facing towards the fruit (similar to a funnel trap), the flies find it easy to get in & almost impossible to get out. It`s fiddly but try it, it works a treat & captures literally hundreds of the pesky little varmints.
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Peter Parrot · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:08 am Post subject:

Exactly what I do. A pint glass with some over ripe fruit in it, and a suitably sized funnel which you can buy fro kitchen or home brew suppliers, dropped into the pint glass so it fits snugly and the trap is set. Wink

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Rickeezee · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:26 am Post subject:

I tend to go out and socialise for my entertainment.
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Insectsunlimited · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:36 am Post subject: flies

So you end up with bar flies instead of fruit flies. I found both are a pain
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Rickeezee · Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 8:39 am Post subject: Re: flies