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BIN FRESH
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Benefits
- Controls flies & wasps in outdoor bins.
- Great fresh fragrance.
- 2 easy to use pads and each lasts upto 2 weeks.
- Still works if wet.
NO BUGS SUPER
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Benefits
- Professional strength, long lasting insect control.
- Kills 99.9% common insect pests.
- One spray protects surfaces for up to 4 months outdoors and 6 months indoors.
- Sprayed surfaces are safe to children & pets.
NO FLIES
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Benefits
- Kills flies that land on sprayed surface for up to 3 months.
- For use indoors & outdoors.
- No harmful chemicals in the air to breath in.
- No stain, no smell.
- Sprayed surfaces are safe for children & pets.
NO FLIES BAIT
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Benefits
- New formulation fly control.
- Quick knockdown.
- Highly attractive to a wide range of fly species.
- Can be used in granular form or dissolved and used painted on surfaces.
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fruit flies
An infestation of fruit flies suggests rotting fruit or vegetation, stale beer or wine, blocked drains etc. somewhere close by. How to control and get rid of fruit flies.
HOW TO CONTROL FRUIT FLIES
To get rid of fruit flies follow these steps:
Inside
It is best to keep flies from entering but this is often not possible even with mesh screens on windows and doors. Aerosol fly sprays can knock down fruit flies in a room but only work for a short time and people or pets in the room will be inhaling insecticide as well. Kiwicare produce a NO INSECTS AUTO CAN refill containing 100% natural pyrethrins for use in automatic dispensers.
DO NOT SPRAY FRUIT OR VEGETABLES for consumption. Dispose of any ripe or rotting material which is likely to attract fruit flies.
Surface treatment using NO FLIES or NO BUGS SUPER will give long term control of flies by killing them when they land on the treated surfaces. Spray the surfaces that you see the flies land on; these are often the edges of doorways and window frames, light fittings, ceilings, tops of walls and wall corners.
Outside
It is more difficult to deal with fruit flies outside as it may not be possible to treat areas not within your control. However, there are ways to minimise the nuisance.
> Search for possible breeding sites of fruit flies.
> Remove or treat any decaying animal or vegetable matter that might provide food for the maggots (fly larvae) and adults. Check and clear drains.
> Spray exterior walls, window frames, door frames, pergolas, bins and other fly alighting surfaces using NO FLIES or NO BUGS SUPER.
Bins and compost heaps can be breeding sites and food attraction for fruit flies. To kill flies in rubbish bins and keep them smelling fresh use BINFRESH OUTDOORS. Alternatively, clean bins and then treat with NO BUGS SUPER or NO FLIES. Fruit flies around a compost bin suggests that the fruit and vegetable matter in the bin is too wet and fermenting as it composts. Treatment of the compost with an insecticide can help but it may be better to aerate the compost and protect it from rain.
A bait can be made up using NO FLIES and sugar with a little vinegar. Place the bait well away from the house or outdoor living space so that flies are attracted away from you.
About
The fruit flies are also known as vinegar flies and drain flies. Drosophila melanogaster is the common fruit fly and has been used extensively in the development of the science of genetics over the last fifty years because if it rapid breeding habits.
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