Suck Electricity!

No, not like running the a/c with the window open kind of suck electricity. Think "eat lead, sucka!"

We have a fly problem at the new place. We have dogs, but we're pretty good about scooping the poop, and that doesn't seem to be the root of the problem in any case. There are just a ton of those bastards on the lawn, windows, walls, lights, and anything else handy at any given moment. The options for dealing with this are limited, partly due to having dogs and not wanting to poison them. So, I opted for a fly trap, the kind that's sort of like a wasp trap where they fly in and can't fly out. Florida, I think they call it. badum ching!

The fly trap had some pretty surprising results, and also made me realize just how big this fly problem is. I'll spare you the detailed images (partly because my mom said I would be labeled 'terminally weird' if I put said images on the internet. Yes, I still hang out with my mom. Get over it.) but here is the trap:
Now, imagine that filled top to bottom with fly bodies. I'm guessing there are a couple thousand in there, and it took about a week and a half to fill. I don't even know what to do with the trap, I think I might burn it or send it into space. Currently there are maggots making their way to the top, and I don't care to speculate too deeply about if they were laid or just busted out. Anyway, you should come visit my bag of flies, and probably take it home with you.

Clearly the fly trap is way goddam effective. yeesh. But there are some downsides...is it attracting the neighbor's flies too? And more importantly, the 'bait' in the trap has a smell to it that reminds me of a rotting animal. Well, at this point it could actually be that, since there are thousands of fly bodies in there. But the point is that it smelled that way from day one.

Yesterday I got paid, and today I bought an electric bug-zapper lamp thing. So far there have been a few gratifying pops, and possibly some of me flinging insect insults at, um, bugs. Hey, you'd join me if you had 20 bites on you right now and some damn thing buzzing around your ears.