Lord of the Flies

Insects are going to take us out, one way or another. It’s an evolutionary biologists dream, and it’s coming true at a garage near you…. Well – near me, at least.

Now the exorbitantly-priced wasp traps are having an effect, another buzzing bastard has flown its way into my workspace. Where there were wasps, now there are flies. Is this how nature works? As soon as one species is moved aside, another swoops in to fill the gap?  After days of yellowjackets polluting my life I now have bluebottles crawling over my food and hovering by my ear. All day long there’s an incessant noise as they whizz past on their way to lay eggs. Miserable little black/green bastards. I’ve done a bit of research today to find out more about them and how best to get rid of them, and the more I read the more I hate them. They mate frequently, they shit every two minutes and they vomit on your food to soften it before sucking it up and ingesting it. They spread germs and harbour bacteria, and pathogens they carry can include typhus, cholera and dysentery.

They’re vile and they’re everywhere, and they’re next on my list…….

RC 23-8-18