Oh, those darn Hydeis

[Termite48]

Has anyone ever had the task of trying to gather up a bunch of flightless fruit flies and seen how difficult it is. Try this tip. Get yourself a feather. I use a Guinea Hen feather and have used Turkey feather before and it is just as good. You use the feather as you would a broom and it is so easy to push the flies into the container you are hoping they will go into. This does no damage to the fragile fly. And it is very fast.

 

[PhilinYuma]

And if you don't have any turkeys handy, try a small pastry brush! It also woks for collecting AWOL nymphs.

 

[patrickfraser]

I just smash them

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[hibiscusmile]

me too! when making cultures and they escape, after all these years I still go after the escapees and then more get out while I am chasing the other one! :lol:

 

[warpdrive]

me too! when making cultures and they escape, after all these years I still go after the escapees and then more get out while I am chasing the other one! :lol:

haha.

yeah, I just wash them down the drain while making new cultures, and squish the escapees when feeding.

Harry

 

[Rick]

I just smash them

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Me too!

 

[lancaster1313]

I also smash them. :mellow:

 

[hibiscusmile]

Mind you, I don't mind leaving them live, it's just I don't want them mixing with the open cups that I am getting ready to fill and hubby after all these years, "bless his heart" still comes up to me and wants to know what all those little bugs are and where are they coming from

 

[sporeworld]

Oh, I TRY to smash them, but they're resilient! I usually have a sponge stopper in my hand, but OBVIOUSLY that makes a lousy "smasher". It DOES, however, help me sort of "mop them up" and flick em back in.

If I wasn't so worried about escapee MANTIDS, I'd just line my shelves with sticky paper.

 

[angelofdeathzz]

Hulk SMASH !!! :angry: :lol:

 

[patrickfraser]

If you can't spare a few feeders, why bother???