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 Post subject: Outdoor aviaries and flying insects
PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 8:55 am 
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What do you do with this problem?
I saw a wasp circling around our outdoor area, I am afraid of them, so I removed the birds, closed the house door (our outdoor area is on my front porch). Then I saw the wasp actually entering our outdoor area thru the mesh. Do you have any large flying insects where you live? Are these insects harmful to the birds? Anything I can do to keep them away?



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 Post subject: Re: Outdoor aviaries and flying insects
PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:22 am 
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Can you add a layer of window screen mesh over the outside of your aviary mesh?



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 Post subject: Re: Outdoor aviaries and flying insects
PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:50 am 
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probably not. at least not easily



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 Post subject: Re: Outdoor aviaries and flying insects
PostPosted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 4:40 pm 
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Stinging insects are potentially dangerous to birds. Mosquitoes might be an even bigger danger than wasps since they can carry West Nile virus, and they actively seek out warm-blooded animals to feed on. I don't know a solution though. Insects aren't much of a problem where I live.



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