Maggots!! ??

We had them last week in our food waste bin despite the liner, which just disintegrated - ugh! Boiling water saw them off, but we emptied the caddy again yesterday and there were more!.
I am going to try using an old sealable bread crock for my food waste to see if that helps.

Yes we also get maggots in the food bin, we have been using boiling water to kill them but will now try fly spray. Some good tips here

I had them too this week, and am mystified as to how they got there. I always tie the waste in a bag before putting it in the larger food waste bin. Didn't know they came from flies - always learn something from Gransnet! How long do they take to evolve from the eggs, as mine were bigger than the flies?

I have a bin for recycling stuff & a bin for household waste, up till last year I was getting loads of maggots in the household waste bin, somehow the bluebottle flies got their way in. In the summer the bins get so hot & smelly inside I was always washing it out after each 2 week collection. This seems to have stopped since I use the big/large black bin bags particularly made for the large waste bins, and when they are due for collection tie up the top so that goes with bags of rubbish, therefore using a new liner every 2 weeks. Available in most large supermarket store, market stores and probably DIY shops. Might be worth a try. Perhaps the flies still get in but inside the nonlinear as opposed to the actual bin?

I only had bin maggots once. Since then, I have knotted the bin bags at the top instead of just tying them which leaves gaps. Then they can't get in and they can't get out.

We’ve just been issued with the food caddies and already everybody has been complaining about maggots. I haven’t had the problem but then I don’t eat meat or fish so that could be it. My kitchen caddy just has a few peelings, I mostly compost them. Tea bags and cooked scraps are wrapped in newspaper before putting in the bin which also has a compostable bag inside. The night before the bin men collect I tie the bag tightly and place in the outside caddy. So far, no maggots.

We've always found a kettleful of boiling water more effective and less toxic to the environment than flyspray. That and keeping the bin bag tightly closed and the bin lid on against flies.

We had a maggot infestation in our wheelie bin. Now we use a plastic bin liner, and any meat leftovers are placed inside a sealed plastic bag. It seems to have solved the problem.

Just got my fly spray from Tesco’s £3.10! Liberally sprayed my black bin so hopefully this will get rid of them, the little blighters.. I had stopped using my green food waste bin which is kept outside anyway but I’ve just bought some recyclable small bags to put the food in while in the kitchen and then transfer it to the bin….

The maggots were in my black bin and not the bio bin .The black bin rubbish gets burnt

Go fishing perhaps ? They are really gross, something about them gives me the heaves. A lot of flies here have live maggots coming out of them, they seem to miss the egg stage. Nasty things.

Tizliz

We had this problem last year. Lots of fly spray sorted it. This year I have just sprayed regularly and have had no problems

I’m really surprised to hear that fly spray is more effective than bleach but I shall be toddling off to Tesco in a bit to get some…

We had this problem last year. Lots of fly spray sorted it. This year I have just sprayed regularly and have had no problems

The eggs must be there already, they're the second stage of the life cycle of a fly.
You might be mistaking the eggs, from which the larvae hatch, for rice grains.

Where Do Maggots Come From?
Maggots come from the eggs of flies, and their lifecycle follows these steps:

Eggs: A female fly will usually lay around 150 eggs at a time. The eggs of flies resemble small grains of rice.
Larvae: Fly larvae refer to maggots, and they resemble small worms.
Pupa: The pupa stage occurs when the skin of maggots turns into a dark, protective shell much like a cocoon. During this phase, the bodies of maggots will transform into a fly. Before entering the pupa stage, maggots will go through a pre-pupa stage in which their bodies begin to form this protective shell.
Fly: Once the fly fully develops inside the protective shell, it will break free.

Just checked the bin and they are there again! Liberally sprayed with bleach again, I really don’t understand how they keep coming back when the bin is coated in bleach…?‍♀️?

Callistemon21

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Dried mealworms - the robin loves them!

I put them out the front and the back on the bird tables as well as fat balls but the birds will take the mealworms and leave the good quality seed I put out!… they just love the mealworms

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Dried mealworms - the robin loves them!

Callistemon21

I'd probably collect them up for the birds ? ? but I can understand why you don't like them.

I put mealworms out for the birds they are quite happy with that….?…..there is no way I would be gathering of maggots to put on the bird table ???

I'd probably collect them up for the birds ? ? but I can understand why you don't like them.

Callistemon21

When you say black bin is that for general waste Shinamae?

Perhaps there were bits of meat, fish or vegetable matter stuck to some paper or kitchen roll? Flies can zone in straight away.
The other problem we've had is seagulls who will rip open the bags we put out for collection if there's the slightest smell of anything like that.

Yes general waste. I am really surprised that after spraying them with bleach they are still wriggling around but according to some who have replied I should be using fly spray. I might get some little plastic bags like somebody up thread recommended at least until the weather goes a bit colder. Oh they do make me shudder. ??

When you say black bin is that for general waste Shinamae?

Perhaps there were bits of meat, fish or vegetable matter stuck to some paper or kitchen roll? Flies can zone in straight away.
The other problem we've had is seagulls who will rip open the bags we put out for collection if there's the slightest smell of anything like that.

Thank you…..??

Put them on your bird table Shinamae, the blue tits will be delighted
I was going to suggest that too.

I didn't know about the Persil, Hiraeth but would it contaminate the food waste because it goes off for recycling?

That reminds me, I hoovered up a fly yesterday by mistake. Do you think he will die or should I bin the bag?

Spray your bin every so often with fly spray