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| james_s:
--- Quote from: IanB on June 09, 2023, 12:26:47 am --- --- Quote from: james_s on June 09, 2023, 12:04:17 am ---I don't think he's jumping and screaming and scared of them... --- End quote --- Right, but you may not have seen the reaction of excitable people to crane flies ;D I assume they are found in the USA, but when I was growing up they were as populous as CatalinaWOW described cicadas to be. Except that unlike cicadas, crane flies flutter around like crazy giant mosquitoes and give people the heebie-jeebies. --- End quote --- Yes we have those here, I think they're what my mom used to call galnippers. They're kind of gross but harmless, and when my cats were younger they used to catch them and eat them fairly quickly so any that got into the house didn't last long. |
| TimFox:
--- Quote from: IanB on June 09, 2023, 12:32:47 am ---Since I was curious, I found that window screens are absolutely available in the UK, you just have to buy them and fit them. It seems that mostly they are designed to fit on the inside, and they attach to the frame with velcro or magnets so they are easy to move aside. --- End quote --- Another style of window screen that is popular in the US is an expanding rectangle, maybe 30 cm high, that goes under the bottom of a raised double-hung window. Two halves slide past each other to cover a reasonable range of window opening width. Retail price between $5.00 and $10.00 USD. |
| jpanhalt:
Talk about swarming flies... Lake Erie shore has Mayflies (attachment). I saw them the first June I lived in the area. Absolutely amazing. https://www.facebook.com/people/The-Mayflies-of-Lake-Erie-Official-Site/100063660383987/ Screens help. BTW, casement windows usually have the screens on the outside. Windows that fold out have them on the inside. Mine are on the inside. They are easier to remove and clean. That's also are an advantage when wanting to get a good shot at a groundhog or raccoon. |
| TimFox:
Another grand tradition in the US: Especially before air conditioning became ubiquitous, large houses in low-density urban or rural areas would have very large porches (usually in front, sometimes in back) that were screened (with removable screen frames) in summer to provide a ventilated bug-free area, sometimes used for sleeping in very hot weather. The screen frames were numbered, to be installed in the right place, but as the house aged and became less Cartesian, one would have to remember which number screen went in which numbered location to fit the new geometry. |
| PlainName:
We don't have a fly problem here. In fact, the more the merrier! |
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