Thursday 24 September 2015

Houseflies . . . . .What is their cunning game



As you know I live in the countryside with the woods to one side of us the fabled Minor Stream of Inconsequence behind us and rolling fields full of cows and the local village. I say village it is almost a village it is not big, but we do have a village hall which has its Friday market due to a twist of fate, and a rather good health food store that has been here for almost ever.

Now being rural with cows peering over the hedge at us and water (sort of) behind us means we do see rather a lot of flies in the summer, yes even the rural ideal has its little annoying issues and flies are a bit of a pain at times. But for reasons I have assumed must be connected to some sort of long term change in the world order or even linked to alien invasion, this year the flies have mutated. Yes they still look like your average housefly being blackish with six legs and wings but they are now ferocious and aggressive. 

I mean flies have always been a bit annoying but not actively aggressive dive bombing you and hitting you in the face. Flying directly at you rather than thinking OOOOoooo is a huge human I better get out the way. So why has this happened it is not something I have seen before. As I have said it must be something like aliens or the like.  I know aliens are a long shot but just imagine if insects coordinated their attack on us poor unsuspecting humans with our soft sensitive skin. I heard that once on a TV advert so it must be true, not that the insects had coordinated their attack on us, but that we have soft sensitive skin.

Another thought was maybe this is a global warming thing because insects can adapt much faster to environmental change than other critters which is why some beetles moths and other insect critters from warmer climates have been seen in Britain but not larger things such as Panthers, wallabies, porcupines and pterodactyls . . . . . AH DAMN. . .   No the point is all the big ones have been brought here by folk who then get bored and let them go, where as the little insects have made their way here by choice.


Still I may not know exactly why the flies are so aggressive (its aliens for sure), but they are; which is why we have a big glowing flyzap in the kitchen.  Finally I will say you can not but be impressed by a fly sat on the edge of a very hot frying pan like it has not got a care in the world trying to work out how to steal my bacon as it cooks. 

7 comments:

  1. They're like eagles swooping in for the kill! Not only are they more aggressive, but they seem to be living for a lot longer too. We've had one buzzing around our living room all summer. I'm thinking of asking it to start contributing to the rent.Sadly, we lost it's partner last week, who was so tired that he would just walk around on the carpet rather than fly. A fly that can't fly? What is the world coming to?? I blame the government.

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    1. Well I know this is a light-hearted blog in general, but there is stuff happening with flies this year. I dont mind the slightly smaller ones who like to do the re-enactment of the Battle of Britain under the paper lamp shade in the new kitchen. But those bigger ones are bullies and need to be taught who is boss. . . . . . . . . (The Cats)

      Asking for rent seems like a good plan, flies need to earn their keep.

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    2. OOOooooooo yes I blame the government too. . . . I suspect there are many flies around the heads of dead pigs if they are left lying about in public places. Its not right they need to be swept up.

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  2. A few year ago, when I was living in the caravan, I posted a video of a MASSIVE fly that was attacking me!

    It's very annoying!

    I can offer the loan of a couple of the huge spiders that have taken residence in my house.

    You may need to hire a large truck and a big net to carry it back home because they will fight back but if there is anything that can stop a big fly.... it's a bigger spider.

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    1. Hello Mr H we actually have some big spiders in the house, I dont kill spiders, but they are rubbish at catching these flies. Maybe the vision of the fly sitting on a hot frying pan is just too Macho for even a large spider.

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  3. My sympathies Rob. Flies can be most bugging. :)

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    1. They are indeed very bugging indeed. . . Hope you are keeping well

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