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Why does my compost pile not attract flies?

We have been composting for about 6 months now, and I’ve noticed that flies leave it alone. Crows will pick through it, and it’s got a ton of worms but no flies. I have flies in my yard, but they avoid the compost. I’m following guidelines on what I can and cannot put in it. Any ideas? Not that I want flies in it at all, I’m just curious.

scarabic ,

What are the contents? And yeah the crows could be eating the larvae.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA ,
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Ooo I’ve got a stupid question Are the crows eating the flies?

Crackhappy OP ,
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I seriously doubt it. I think another answer is what it is. The compost is super hot all the time, especially because it’s in the sun for most of the day.

HeyThisIsntTheYMCA ,
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You could pour some hogfat on there to attract some flies but that might ruin the compost.

Nemo ,

Just so you know, there’s a composting community !composting

Devious_Thoughts ,

Actual gem community lol

Crackhappy OP ,
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Fantastic! I didn’t know. I’ve subscribed. :)

Nemo ,

Honestly the whole Solarpunk instance is clutch for the environmentally-minded. Loads of great and active communities.

Erk ,

It might attract fruit flies but if it’s like my compost it might be too hot for them. Compost shouldn’t include a lot of the things that attract larger house flies.

My compost occasionally gets crowds of flying bugs but it’s not a normal feature and usually means i need to tend to it some way or another.

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