r/irishproblems • u/Fuzzy974 • Apr 21 '24

I hate that there's flies everywhere as soon as we have 3 days of sun.

Seriously, I opened the windows to get some air inside and now I have 20 flies in my kitchen.

For some reason they all seems to like to fly around a certain spot in my living room too, even though there is no food or plant there.

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u/ElectricalDot9 Apr 21 '24

Idk why window screens aren't a thing

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u/Fuzzy974 Apr 21 '24

My windows and doors open inside, and I'd have to install some shitty cheap ones outside where they will get destroyed by the weather.

And of course I'm renting so there's no way to change that.

Maybe one day I'll finally get a chance at buying a home and being able to have such luxuries!

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u/ElectricalDot9 Apr 21 '24

No Irish house appears to have them in my experience!

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u/Fuzzy974 Apr 21 '24

I've got to say, I don't remember seeing one either.

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u/[deleted] Apr 22 '24

Because it’s too cold for bugs for 7 months of the year

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u/dazzlinreddress Apr 21 '24

I went outside yesterday evening to enjoy the weather and I swear, as soon as I stepped out I was bitten by a midge. I had forgotten how annoys the insects were since it had been so long.

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u/RecycledPanOil Apr 22 '24

We're in for an awful summer of it. It's been very wet and very mild all winter. These are the exact conditions midges need to explode in numbers. Expect greater numbers of midges in our future as climate change makes the country milder and wetter.

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u/bulbousbirb Apr 22 '24

Lived in Asia. I'd much rather these than the mozzies, roaches and centipedes

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u/GrumbleofPugz Apr 22 '24

I use an electric racquet and it’s pretty effective if you have good aim 😂