Fly killing sprees are not uncommon in Australia.
Sometimes they’re part of a weekly household or office cleaning ritual which includes spraying any flies (or other insects) and/or the surfaces on which they’re likely to land and/or have sex.
More frequently, the mass murdering campaign is triggered by a combination of irritation by flies and pre-menstrual tension.
Or by fly irritation at the end of the day on which you lost your winning lottery ticket and your job.
Or by fly irritation and unseasonally hot humid weather coinciding with your mother-in-law’s visit while she recovers from her botched varicose vein operation.
Or just by fly irritation, pure and simple.
When, like retired gourmet butcher, Barry Smith, you’re provoked to seek the most severe form of retribution for harassment by one or more flies, there’s a vast arsenal of weaponry available in any Australian supermarket, delicatessen, hardware store or kitchen cupboard.
Beyond the electric zappers, aerosol cans of insecticide, packets of baits and toxic, hangable fly strips, there are specially designed plastic fly swats for those who prefer pitting their hand-eye coordination against the flies’ speed and dexterity.
In the end, the odds are against the fly.
In fact, there are no records, or even the tallest folklore tales, of instances when a human has taken on a fly, and lost.
Description
Each Fly Artwork is protected by a black, timber frame, a sheet of glass (front) and a sealed back, and has a hanging chord fixed to the back.
Colours:
All Fly Artwork frames are black.
The background sheet to which each real fly is affixed is PMS Warm Grey 3.
Flies:
The real flies used in all Fly Artworks are either Lucilia Sericata or Lucilia Cuprina, species which are not protected and are therefore exportable.
The flies are clinically reared and free from the harmful bacteria which can be carried by flies in the wild.
Shipping and Handling:
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