Moths, wasps and spiders..

I have noticed a change in the small beastie population over a number of years.
When we first came here, there were loads of moths and several species of butterflies. Gradually they have declined until there are just tiny moths and only one species of butterfly, the holly blue.
There are no greenfly this year and our roses are fine without spraying.
We used to have about 3 or 4 wasp nests per year, now there are none.
Still plenty of bees though thank god.
Plenty of garden birds but this year we have not seen any swallows, swifts or martins, which is worrying.
Bats less numerous.
 
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MouldensChippy said:
No joke, we're at our house in Chiang Mai at the moment. I've seen small ones about the garden before, but this is the first time I've happened across one this size. The bosslady wanted to squish it, I valiantly moved it on to a piece of rough ground across the road with a broom.
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Ach, relatively harmless that one anyway.
 
fanatic1 said:
As earlier answer stated they are probably related to the fruit fly but I've found are in fact drain flies who live down your plughole. Maybe 2 boiling kettles per day would help in addition to the steam jet. They do seem to be attracted especially to bananas and grapes whether securely wrapped or not. They also don't like mint or lavender plants around.
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Good shout for drain flies. We used to get them in Spain, believe it or not around the drains. I always used to wonder where they went before drains were invented.
 
MouldensChippy said:
No joke, we're at our house in Chiang Mai at the moment. I've seen small ones about the garden before, but this is the first time I've happened across one this size. The bosslady wanted to squish it, I valiantly moved it on to a piece of rough ground across the road with a broom.
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Wow its huge !!!
 
Tried an inexpensive way to get rid of those swarms of tiny black drain flies. Mix well half a cup of salt, half a cup of baking soda and one full cup of vinegar last thing at night. Pour the foaming mixture down the kitchen plughole and leave to soak overnight. This should destroy their breeding grounds, food source (scraps, grease etc). Next morning pour a kettle of hot water down. Works a treat so far.
 
fanatic1 said:
Tried an inexpensive way to get rid of those swarms of tiny black drain flies. Mix well half a cup of salt, half a cup of baking soda and one full cup of vinegar last thing at night. Pour the foaming mixture down the kitchen plughole and leave to soak overnight. This should destroy their breeding grounds, food source (scraps, grease etc). Next morning pour a kettle of hot water down. Works a treat so far.
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Murderer.
Save the Drain Fly.com
 
Love moths. Love the way they move.

Spiders. No issue. They keep things even in the pest stakes.

Wasps. The most pointless creature ever. The ability to make people look ridiculous when all they’re doing is enjoying a pint in a beer garden. Fuck wasps.
 
-dabz- said:
I was going to mention about seeing more bees in my OP...But I thought, Fuck 'em...They already get all the sympathy and attention as it is. Their problems are self inflicted...If the thick mawkish little cunts took those ridiculous stripey jumpers off they could fly faster, further, longer and they could fit into smaller flowers. But no.. Style over efficiency every time, so they all insist on dressing like Sting in his early days...Give it a rest bees, even sting moved on and he's a massive twat.

Wasps. The scousers of the insect world..
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Bees are useful! Can't think what good wasps are!

And while were on this esoteric thread whatever happened to those four, five, 'n six inch slugs that used to appear five mins after it stopped raining. There's plenty of snails inside their shells in the gardens at Ewing Towers (not open to the public!) but where are the orange, white 'n brown super slugs?
 
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
Bees are useful! Can't think what good wasps are!

And while were on this esoteric thread whatever happened to those four, five, 'n six inch slugs that used to appear five mins after it stopped raining. There's plenty of snails inside their shells in the gardens at Ewing Towers (not open to the public!) but where are the orange, white 'n brown super slugs?
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In my hot tub mate. Horrible fucking things.
 
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader said:
Bees are useful! Can't think what good wasps are!

And while were on this esoteric thread whatever happened to those four, five, 'n six inch slugs that used to appear five mins after it stopped raining. There's plenty of snails inside their shells in the gardens at Ewing Towers (not open to the public!) but where are the orange, white 'n brown super slugs?
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Wasps eat flies, aphids, caterpillars and other invertebrates, making them an important insect-controlling predator and are important pollinators
 
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