Ugh ,Maggots in garbage can

[blazer2007]

When we get the hot weather in the summer I get maggots.I,ve tried everything last year and is starting again. I keep the upstairs under the sink garbage can sealed but get maggots in the outside can after awhile. I,ve cleaned the can,coated it with WD-40, tried vinegar, carb cleaner, put plastic over the top then the lid but still maggots. The only thing I can think of is the kitty litter,we have 2 cats. I even tried the pennys in water in a clear plastic bag and hung it over the can, but I think you need good sunlight for that. Any help?

[rharris]

Same problem here every summer. A few moth balls in the cans and problem solved.

[Steeveedee]

That pennies in a bag is somebody's idea of a joke, IMO. I spray ant and roach poison into the bin. The flies go in, no flies come out.

[papawswrench]

We keep a ziplock bag with water in it over the garbage can and it seems to work. If I see maggots, I empty the garbage and spray Clorox in the can.

Maggots don't just appear on their own. Stop the flies ans you stop the maggots.

[Stocker]

Interesting. Never had maggots in our garbage can (or anywhere else), but we don't have cats either. My daughter did several years ago but we didn't have maggots then either.
I pick up after the dogs at least once a day, then bag it & hang it behind the woodshed until I make a dump run.

[72c20customcamper]

Maggots are fly larva they deomposing flesh and decomposing food . Not only animal feces.

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Maggots are fly larva

Really? I thought that they were lawyers.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

Really? I thought that they were lawyers.

No they feed on lawyers .

[blazer2007]

Originally Posted by Steeveedee

That pennies in a bag is somebody's idea of a joke, IMO. I spray ant and roach poison into the bin. The flies go in, no flies come out.

I read the penny thing for flies on line and seems to be a Louisiana thing or whatever. The sun reflects the pennys and the flies think it is a spider. It must be true ,was on the the interweb

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by blazer2007

I read the penny thing for flies on line and seems to be a Louisiana thing or whatever. The sun reflects the pennys and the flies think it is a spider. It must be true ,was on the the interweb

As Rocket J. Squirrel says, "Oh, that trick never works!"

At least it didn't work at our house. :shrug:

And we flush our dog squeezins down the toilet.

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

No they feed on lawyers .

I actually know a guy that is a lawyer. I wouldn't call him a friend because lawyers have no friends.

I'm kidding. He's a good guy. And he dislikes lawyers as much as anyone. He has all the best lawyer jokes.

[special-K]

I guess you have to have flies in the house to get maggots in your trash. I see a fly I'm on it with the fly swatter. I've never noticed flies in my cans. I don't put meat containers or scraps in my kitchen can. Nothing that will get stinky during the week. They go directly out to the big curbside can. In the summer I do get flies in that can, but I've never noticed maggots. I have a one shot spray for flies I get at our local farm supply. I found out about it when I lived on a horse farm. For stables there is a dispenser that these canisters fit into that shoots a squirt out every few minutes. I just open the can lid and give a few shots, let the lid down. All flies die.

The can is as far from the house as possible, in the far RH corner of my property in front of my little barn. The barn has doors but the side shed is open. I get a mass of flies accumulated in both later in the summer. I assume they originate in the trash can, but flies tend to gather anywhere it is darker and cooler I've noticed. I hang fly strips and that gathers some up, but I'll just go in and squirt that stuff around as I back out. Knocks them all dead

[Rich84]

One thing about maggots..You always smell them before you see them.

[Steeveedee]

They're just nature's little garbage disposals, doing their job. I have no problem with them, just Not In My Back Yard. Though it's a side yard, since I live in the 'burbs. Another good reason to have acreage.

[72c20customcamper]

Maggots are used in wounds. They eat only dead tissue which causes infection, and are believed to secrete enzymes that stop infections. No thanks

[special-K]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Maggots are used in wounds. They eat only dead tissue which causes infection, and are believed to secrete enzymes that stop infections. No thanks

Yeah, me too. I'll just tough it out

[weq92f]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Maggots are used in wounds. They eat only dead tissue which causes infection, and are believed to secrete enzymes that stop infections. No thanks

Well there ya go... from maggots in the garbage to maggots in our bodies! OMG! This group is fantastic.

-klb

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by weq92f

Well there ya go... from maggots in the garbage to maggots in our bodies! OMG! This group is fantastic.

-klb

Ya always need to look at the brite side of things

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Maggots are used in wounds. They eat only dead tissue which causes infection, and are believed to secrete enzymes that stop infections. No thanks

All true! But once the necrotic tissue is eaten, they have to be removed or they keep going.

[68panelman]

Had maggots in garbage cans once...meat scraps thrown out the day after garbage pickup, I can still smell it and gag to this day.
Now if there is scraps early in the week, or summer heat, we triple bag it and goes on the freezer or fridge until pickup day

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

Maggots are used in wounds. They eat only dead tissue which causes infection, and are believed to secrete enzymes that stop infections. No thanks

I've never heard of maggots being used in wounds. But I have heard of Leeches being used to prevent blood clots and things like that. It's gross but I'd do it. I had a friend in high school die of a blood clot. And all he did was break his arm playing football. But somehow the clot went to his heart and killed him.

Tragic. He was a nice kid.

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

I've never heard of maggots being used in wounds. But I have heard of Leeches being used to prevent blood clots and things like that. It's gross but I'd do it. I had a friend in high school die of a blood clot. And all he did was break his arm playing football. But somehow the clot went to his heart and killed him.

Tragic. He was a nice kid.

One of my friends in high school his older brother died from a clot . He broke his leg skydiving week later he was gone

[Ol Blue K20]

I was going to have breakfast. For some reason I changed my mind after reading this thread.....

[Steeveedee]

Originally Posted by Ol Blue K20

I was going to have breakfast. For some reason I changed my mind after reading this thread.....

What, no rice for you? That's what what of my FiL's friends called maggots.