How does a person use Fly Parasites?
The Fly Parasites are packed in wood shavings in a paper bag that is shipped in a cardboard box. It is recommended that the parasites be taken out of the box but kept in the closed paper bag at approximately 70 degrees until the hatch starts to occur. The parasites, when hatching, can be seen crawling above and around the packing material when the bag is held up to a light or window. In warm conditions, the hatch can be occurring when the shipment is received. In colder conditions, it may take as much as a week or more for the hatch to start. Once the hatch is starting, the material simply needs to be sprinkled sparingly around all areas where there is manure, damp soil, damp bedding or other damp organic material. Fly Parasites should not be distributed where they will be crushed underfoot, where they would be removed during stall maintenance or where they would become food for wild or domestic birds. In these areas, the pupae the parasites are hatching out of should be protected by t
