Originally Posted by
datlas
I know we are supposed to kill them, but I still feel a little bad about it.
I don't. Killed a few more while out at lunch today. The smaller adults are quicker. Once they get bigger they are easier to stomp.
Last year the people behind my house got rid of the annoying grape vine that used to drop leaves and stems on my deck. That will help keep down the lantern flies because they like crape vines. A few times I fired up the BBQ grill and some dropped from the leaves. Stephen likes to play with them, but I also had to stop him from trying to eat a couple. He's eaten water bugs inside the house before. My departed boy once swatted a fly on the carpet and promptly ate it. I get flies in my house because the door stays open longer than usual when I bring bikes in and out.
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