Flies in the van

nelliethehooker
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edited October 2018 in Caravan & Motorhome Chat #1

For the last couple of weeks while away in the caravan we've been getting quite a large number of flies coming in, and it would appear that they are crawling up between to partially open windows and the fly screen. Not really a problem as we've managed to chase them out or kill them. Then just as we were leaving our latest site I opened the battery box to unhook the EHU cable and found at least 6 of them buzzing about inside the "sealed" compartment. I guess they must have crawled up the cable, but why there should have been so many in there I've no idea. Anyone else had the same occurrence and know the reason why?

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  • JVB66
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    edited October 2018 #2

    They could be looking for somewhere to "over winter",we had a problem one spring in our garage with them on the first warm day at one of the windows,we had not noticed them going in previosly

  • brightstar2
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    edited October 2018 #3

    Could be a dead body lurking  somewhere !!

  • EasyT
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    edited October 2018 #4

    I wonder if they are cluster flies? 

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited October 2018 #5

    What!! In the battery Box? There's hardly room to fit my Leisure Battery in.wink

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited October 2018 #6

    I wouldn't know one if I saw one ET. A few flew out as I opened the compartment and the others were duly dispatched dead or alive!!

  • DavidKlyne
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    edited October 2018 #7

    I am not sure what they are either but one of my son's has had to get a pest control company out to deal with them in his relatively new house.

    David

  • mickysf
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    edited October 2018 #8

    My money is on cluster flies. Strange life cycle these critters have, involves earth worms.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited October 2018 #9

    Thanks, Mickey, I will have to look them up on line.

  • Bakers2
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    edited October 2018 #10

    Has the matter resolved itself? Hopefully this forecast cold snap will sort them out.

  • EasyT
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    edited October 2018 #11

    I doubt it. But if they are few not necessarily a big problem

  • Chrystal
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    edited October 2018 #12

    Unlit Citronella candles work for our van, I very rarely need to light them.

    They also work in the house.

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited October 2018 #13

    It was the strange occurrence of them in the battery box that puzzled me, ET.  However the problem with the odd one or two in the van is that our dog gets very upset with them flying about, for some reason, and sits cowering under the table whenever he hears one.

     

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  • nelliethehooker
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    edited October 2018 #15

    I've a friend who's a Environmental Officer with his own business, and I'll have a word with him when we get home should there be more of them in the battery box when I look in tomorrow. He'll be able to suggest a remedy I think.

  • brue
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    edited October 2018 #16

    On a warm day open everything up, they are semi hibernating but will wake up and hopefully leave in warm weather. Hope yours go too.

  • lornalou1
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    edited October 2018 #17

    Look for maggots and take up fishing. wink

  • EasyT
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    edited October 2018 #18

    If they are cluster flies then there will be no maggots in the caravan

  • nelliethehooker
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    edited October 2018 #19

    Opened the Battery Box this morning, as we unhooked for our move, and there were no more flies in there. I guess that they must have been ordinary ones looking for a hibernation place. The cold temperature last night will have knocked them out hopefully.

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