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mark smyth

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They're out! Narcissus flies active
« on: April 27, 2011, 07:41:22 AM »
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 Narcissus flies are now out. I killed some yesterday
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Re: They're out! Narcissus flies active
« Reply #1 on: April 27, 2011, 12:50:55 PM »
NOOOOoooo!
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Re: They're out! Narcissus flies active
« Reply #2 on: April 27, 2011, 07:51:57 PM »
Yeeeesss! :o
Caught my first one already last Sunday. Just hatched - live fast die young ::)
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Re: They're out! Narcissus flies active
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2011, 03:17:50 PM »
Swatted this earlier... not sure whether it's a narcissus fly though or if I have murdered an innocent.... :-\
I was in 'first ask questions later' mode...... :-X
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Re: They're out! Narcissus flies active
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2011, 03:35:57 PM »
well done Maggi

while watering today I spotted a just hatched fly
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Re: They're out! Narcissus flies active
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2011, 03:42:56 PM »
Okay, if it is a NF then I'll have to be on the lookout for more...... I wondered if it should have more reddish hairs.....
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Re: They're out! Narcissus flies active
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2011, 08:00:12 PM »
Maggi,
the NF's colors can vary. Redish brown to black.
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Re: They're out! Narcissus flies active
« Reply #7 on: May 02, 2011, 08:07:33 PM »
Thanks, Armin.... I'm on the watch!
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Re: They're out! Narcissus flies active
« Reply #8 on: May 02, 2011, 08:20:36 PM »
In my garden they come in black, pale brown and like mini bumblebees
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Re: They're out! Narcissus flies active
« Reply #9 on: May 03, 2011, 07:11:53 PM »
Out for a long walk today I walked by an untidy garden that was bursting with Narcissus flies
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Re: They're out! Narcissus flies active
« Reply #10 on: May 04, 2011, 11:33:44 AM »
Is that a good thing in that an untidy garden with many daffodils encourages the flies to congregate there and leave yours alone or is it a bad thing in that without control, they regenerate even more than usual?
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Re: They're out! Narcissus flies active
« Reply #11 on: June 02, 2011, 07:18:39 PM »
No more "I dont know what it sounds like". I tortured one today .....
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7ppPND_LCc[/youtube]
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When the swifts arrive empty the green house

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Re: They're out! Narcissus flies active
« Reply #12 on: June 02, 2011, 09:29:16 PM »
Mark,is it dead now? :-\ or did you let it fly away?
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Re: They're out! Narcissus flies active
« Reply #13 on: June 02, 2011, 09:35:34 PM »
I cant afford to let them live. She can lay lots of eggs.
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Re: They're out! Narcissus flies active
« Reply #14 on: June 02, 2011, 10:20:01 PM »
That's not quite the flying around noise, more like the caught in a spider web noise.
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