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Living in what is very much a rural farming area with plenty of livestock grazing in the fields, flies and other flying insects are something we've just had to learn to live with over the Summer. We try to avoid getting lots of them in the house, but it's pretty much impossible. So far this year however, we've had pretty much none. I've not even got as far as putting new batteries in the "fly bat". I spoke to a friend who lives a couple of miles away and he said that during the summer they end up with loads of sticky fly paper strips decorating their house, but this year they haven't needed any. I can't recall that I've seen a single wasp since the queens emerged in Spring either, and perhaps only one or two hornets. I was told that a very successful year for wasps was being predicted some months back, but that certainly doesn't seem to be the case based on my observations.
Has anyone else noticed this?
James
Has anyone else noticed this?
James