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  Clover fly parasites:
instructions for use
Each bag contains several thousand dark fly pupae that have been parasitised in the insectory. To protect the brittle pupae, the bag also contains rice husks.

By the time you receive the fly parasites a few parasites should be visible in the bag because they will have started to hatch. If you can’t see any, then put the bag in warm place for an hour or so to encourage activity. It is not necessary to warm the bags before the parasites are released although it’s not a bad idea to check that they have started to hatch.

The fly parasites should be distributed when it’s not too windy. The idea is to distribute the flies in areas that flies select for breeding.

In general flies breed in areas where there is plenty of muck and moisture. It’s important to avoid spreading the parasites in areas where hooves might crush the fly pupae.


  
Open the bag and use your hands to cast the flies over the slurry lagoon or muck heaps. In bedded areas drop a few pupae in protected areas such as beneath gates and under water troughs.

If the animal housing has slats then the fly parasites can be dropped through slats into the muck below.

In general one large bag is sufficient for a farm with around 100 cows. Cleaner farms need slightly less and farms with more muck heaps and larger lagoons may need more.

Fly parasites should be released every fortnight during the summer months.

  
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