Forum home› Problem solving
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

help....flat swarming when cutting grass!!

HippynessHippyness Posts: 21
in Problem solving

Please please can anyone help me.......... my husband is getting swarmed upon by hundreds of flies big and small whenever he is trying to cut the lawn.  We live in a house with 2 acres of woodland and a quite boggy garden.  The lawn is broken up in many places with trees in the middle of the lawned area.  We have tried wearing hats, insect repellent and cutting the lawn on different times of the day and in different weathers but the result is still the same.  Any ideas how to avoid this unpleasant fly experience when gardening??

Posts

  • HippynessHippyness Posts: 21

    Flies swarming not flat swarming......silly predictive text!

  • HippynessHippyness Posts: 21

    Thanks, I will try and google the flies to see which ones they are! 

  • HippynessHippyness Posts: 21

    Mainly horse flys I think, green bottles etc.  Not the small midges or green fly unfortunately but big nasty ones!! 

  • HippynessHippyness Posts: 21

    Thanks pansyface, I will certainly have a look image

     

  • HippynessHippyness Posts: 21

    Notch horned horse flys mainly I think , any ideas of a deterrent?? 

Sign In or Register to comment.