You Know They're Coming! Buffalo Gnats!

[Chicky Tocks]

What are we going to do about them? Is there an ounce of prevention?

 

[D'Angelo N Va.]

Try getting some purple martin houses. They are Great for eating loads of them. Also try putting in some swallow houses.

 

[catdaddy66]

Purple Martins are the best fling bug eaters around, especially mosquitos! At the lake where I lived there were hundreds of them (PM's) and we had very little trouble with the bugs most of the time. Very pretty as well.

 

[Tala]

They must like the bug light, coz I don't remember having a problem with them

*needs to get the bug light turned back on for spring*

 

[gsim]

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Am putting a bug zapper to hang in tree outside of coop so girls can have a feast of june bugs, japanese beetles, etc all summer long every morning.

 

[Chicky Tocks]

We were inundated with them last year! I tried everything, dried the run, ran fans to keep them blown away, put up extra large flypaper strips, pennies in bags of water...everything! They swarmed my chickens and fortunately I didn't lose any, but they tortured them for sure. Eventually they went away. I was just hoping to get a leg up on them this year.

 

[paddock36]

What in the world is a buffalo gnat? I keep picturing a tiny buffalo flying around my ear.

 

[tammyd57]

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I was wondering the same thing. I've never heard of them, and it sounds like I don't want to!

 

[A.T. Hagan]

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http://www.ento.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/blackflies.htm
http://www.asktheexterminator.com/Gnats/Buffalo_Gnats.shtml
http://msucares.com/news/print/cvm/cvm09/090604gnats.html

.....Alan.

 

[Dutchess]

We call them black flies around here. They ARE awful and really ruin an outdoor outing, not to mention a great fishing trip up North! They're relentless!