Re: Maggots

drizzellla · ‎03-14-2010

@hayseed00 wrote:
@drizzellla I purchased the Terro trash can fly stickers. I have a large trash can outside and stick 2 on the inside of the lid. These sticks are fantastic I haven't had any flys or maggot problems.

Thanks for the heads up. I am going to give Terro fly stickers a try.

Just checked our outside trash cans. Not one maggot to be seen. And it has been 5 days. I never want to deal with that again.

We went out and bought a variety of Terro products. I have given up on Zevo. Using an entire Zevo bottle didn't seem to stop the invasion of maggots on the outside trash can.

AND since it never happened before, until my husband and son ate oysters. Maybe they should stick to eating oysters ONLY in restaurants.

SloopJohnB · ‎04-25-2020

@Citrine1 wrote:
When I was a kid, the way things were done was that trash went out front and garbage (food scraps) went in a garbage can in the back of your house (either a driveway or an alley, depending on where you lived). Trashmen would pick up trash; garbage trucks would come down the driveway and get your garbage.

Whenever my mom would have me add garbage to the bucket out back, there were always maggots in it! We didn't have a garbage disposal then and it seemed that all of the neighbors had those garbage buckets out back. Those maggots seemed to ALWAYS be there!

I don't know when things changed in our city and garbage collections were discontinued.

Interesting thread. I always thought "trash" & "garbage" were like toe may toe, toe mah toe. I always used the words interchangeably. So trash is things like paper & items & garbage is food related?

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drizzellla · ‎03-14-2010

@gardenman wrote:
There are people who intentionally raise maggots. They're good fish and chicken food. Some reptiles also love them. A cheap, self-supplying food for fish, reptiles, and chickens. If you Google "raising maggots for fish food" you'll find all kinds of articles and videos on how to do it. It's pretty easy stuff. Put your garbage where flies can find it, and in no time you have lots of live food for your critters.

Thanks for that information. They sure seem easy to grow.

Now I know how to "raise" maggots and FAST. Just buy oysters again.

What scared me about the entire episode was that the trashmen would not have taken our trash because of all the maggots. So that is why I kept wiping the can down before they came. And I was so thankful they came at about 9 AM. Before putting the can out the night before, the entire can was sprayed and wiped down. As soon as we got up the next day, the lid was covered and lots were crawling on the sides..

Lesson learned. Next time make sure the trash bag is TIGHTLY closed before putting it in the trash can.

drizzellla · ‎03-14-2010

@SloopJohnB wrote:
@Citrine1 wrote:
When I was a kid, the way things were done was that trash went out front and garbage (food scraps) went in a garbage can in the back of your house (either a driveway or an alley, depending on where you lived). Trashmen would pick up trash; garbage trucks would come down the driveway and get your garbage.

Whenever my mom would have me add garbage to the bucket out back, there were always maggots in it! We didn't have a garbage disposal then and it seemed that all of the neighbors had those garbage buckets out back. Those maggots seemed to ALWAYS be there!

I don't know when things changed in our city and garbage collections were discontinued.

Interesting thread. I always thought "trash" & "garbage" were like toe may toe, toe mah toe. I always used the words interchangeably. So trash is things like paper & items & garbage is food related?

Yes, you are right, when I was growing up, we had two separate types of trash. And the cans were always galvanized steel. But I never remember seeing maggots in our "Garbage" can. Maybe because my job was to empty our "Trash" into the trash can. Mom usually handled the "Garbage".

drizzellla · ‎03-14-2010

@Mz iMac wrote:
@drizzellla It's possible a female fly flew inside while the lid was open or through another opening. Zevo does not prevent eggs from hatching. Might not affect the maggots. Does Zevo kill larvae?

According to the label -

Kills these insects on contact

Ants, cockroaches, flies, fruit flies, drain flies, gnats, mosquitoes, moths, spiders, crickets, firebrats and silverfish.

No mention about larvae. So now I know.