Horse Flies!

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by Fly Rod

Build a greenhead box if you have that many.

Are they greenheads or horseflies?

The ones I've killed are horse flies. There seem to be some buzzing around that look like greenheads, too. I thought the greenheads stayed closer to the coast, though.

I'm buying a trap today that's supposed to work on them. I'm at the point where I'll try anything to get my yard and pool area back. I saw the greenhead box plans online. Do you know if it would work on horseflies too?

[Raven]

i couldn't find my bottle of skintastic
so i went inside and found the
goes on purple then disappears "off " cream
in the medicine cabinet and it worked GREAT.

i think it works better than skintastic...

[BMEUPSCOTTY]

We have a simply amazing population of deer flies here at the house. When I pull into the driveway and park, I couldn't even begin to count the deer flies attacking the jeep. It sounds like it's raining on the soft top. I let them settle down before I get out and dash for the house. From what I've read no spraying program is effective enough to be practical in controlling them. A lot of people swear by tanglefoot, which is a sticky material that you spread on a upside down bucket or pot on a stick and either walk around with it held higher than your head or mount it on a vehicle and slowly drive back and forth for a while. They call it trolling for deer flies.
Trolling Deer Fly Trap .
I'm going to give this a try.