Nerdy stuff

[Rodcx500z]

The other day i was reading about people all over the country complaining about flys in urban places, so i did a bit research as you do, female flys start to lay eggs after ten day these hatch into maggots in 24-48hr's and reaching adulthood after 3 weeks which, tie's in nicely with the bin emptying cycle, i often wonder how clever university educated people are you know the very people who the local council employ, so my conclusion is if they empty them on a 2 week cycle all the flys would be round landfill job done :tinhat:

 

[crowcrow]

In the summer my wheelie bin is full of maggots, never was when we lived in London. My wife claims there are more flies here, which being by the sea I found quite confusing at first, but def 'worse' here than it was in London.

Still, it is good for the swifts!

 

[The Baron]

My bins are emptied every 2 weeks, am I one of the lucky ones

 

[Chippy_Tea]

In the summer my wheelie bin is full of maggots,

My wife claims there are more flies here, which being by the sea I found quite confusing

Do you overfill the bin leaving a gap for flies to get in?
We are on a fortnightly collection and don't have a maggot problem and we live 5 minutes from the sea so i am not sure its a "more fly" thing.

 

[Clint]

You get maggots because there's something for the flies to lay eggs on. Probably food waste or if you have pets...pet waste,even stuff like bedding from rabbit hutches or litter from bird cages. Flies will not lay eggs on inert matter.

 

[crowcrow]

Yeah I think it is more from cat food, than from anything else - as no the bins are always shut tight (the bin men here won't take a bin if it is even slightly open).

Not sure where there are more flies here, but it certainly appears that way - but only for about 6 weeks a year, so no big drama

 

[Chippy_Tea]

(the bin men here won't take a bin if it is even slightly open)

That's a bit tight ours take them if lid is open I guess only for the ones that tip at Christmas though.