Our Campervan Is INFESTED! Worst Week Of Vanlife
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- Our Campervan Is INFESTED! Worst Week Of Vanlife
This USA vanlife vlog is a little different from what we intended to be sharing this week - because our campervan got INFESTED with flies! It was easily the worst week of vanlife we've ever experienced.
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Check the outside of your van. I still think that mouse didn't just leave. You might not smell his decay but he might be there. The flies are attracted to something. You need to find it. There will always be new ones wanting to come to the feast.
I was thinking the mouse may have died in there and the reason for the flies 🤢
@@chokolatelatte4764 they are attracted to decay. It must have been the mouse because we had a dead mouse in the chimney and got inundated with those big ones too. I finally subsided after lots of bombs of spray.
Exactly
I just said the same thing in a comment just now. I use to work for a pest control company and you're right that it could be a dead mouse.
100% agree. I can't to say the same thing. Mouse died. Flys are attracted to the decaying body.
You know you’re hooked to a TH-cam channel when you happily watch 18 minutes of fly infestation and a spam museum visit 😄
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Same. I was thinking the same thing. I watch these two and another young couple. Right now we van life every Fri, sat sun and mon then return to home. We are trying it out to see how it's gonna go before we sale and do it full time. Lol these guys help us decide
So true! I had just heated up some dinner & couldn’t eat till the episode was over, due to those filthy flies!
Flies, so this often happens when a mouse has died and it takes just one fly to leave her eggs, maggots turn into flies, hundreds of them. Just a thought. Your mouse could have died.
I was thinking that too. There has to be a source, maybe the mouse.
We had the same happen with a rat. There’s definitely a mouse corpse in there somewhere 😣
Find the dead mouse. The flies lays eggs on the dead mouse, hence how you keep having a new population of flies each day. Flies live for 24 hours.
Hmmm…. Alex and Emma this may be a game changer … SPAM is a must. Fried spam, scrambled eggs, and white sticky rice. Yum!
The best thing to use for bugs like that is a fogger because that stuff gets where you can't spray. I love how you two always have a sense of humor and I especially loved Alex's "they barely touched their Spam".
Definitely a bomb or fogger is needed 🪰
Exactly. A fogger is the key.
Absolutely use a fogger.
^^^ this! Fogger!
Never heard of a fogger other than in Friends in the 90s. Get one. They sound hysterical :)
That's a super-fly van you have there. This episode really seemed to just fly past. Time flies when you are having fun!
yeah, even their video looked a bit like it was made on the fly.
That's what I call a circle fly ranch.
My apartment is immaculate, and I had a terrible fly infestation. Then I learned if only two get in somewhere that they can multiple at a rapid past. I brought the same spray that you used and they just kept coming. I called an exterminator and he found that they were nesting under my balcony screen door. It was a nightmare, but I finally got them all out. I know exactly what your going through. Your in my prayers 🙏
Alex has a Michael Mcintyre vibe. Can't unsee it now.
The spam taste test was absolutely hilarious
I sure hope your going to give your van and bedding a good thorough wipe down after all that spraying! I cant imagine those chemicals being good to be sleeping in. Glad you got the flys out tho. Would drive me nuts! Quite the exciting episode this was.
Please don’t do anything to get cancer! Let a pro get rid of them 😮
Yes I was thinking the same thing lol.
Spam = 🤢🤮
@@lesleyhughes3174 It is despicable that they even infiltrate these type of video comments!
Are you absolutely sure your little furry friend actually left the van and was alone? For that many flies to be in there there has to be a source. I've only seen that many flies once and it was when a rodent died in a cavity wall. Maggots and flies poured out of cracks in the wall into our spare room. Not nice. Good luck, hope it clears up soon!
You guys should consider doing an "Alex Tries American Canned Foods" series. It would be hilarious!
Flies are all over Minnesota...they come in sooo fast, as soon as you open the door ..you have a dozen flies in the house .. .and YES....they drive me absolutely CRAZY!!!!!!!
We had this happen in a brand new house! We learned it was a special kind of fly that reproduced really quickly. As soon as they land they lay and egg! We had to fumigate! And it worked!
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Boil white vinegar inside the van and keep open pots with white vinegar at 3-4 places inside the van for a week. They will be gone. Also check if you are leaving food/fruits open or if you have dead mouse anywhere. Those attract flies.
It started when you were parked and the flies were all over your van. They got in every nook and cranny. Now they keep laying eggs. You can kill a fly but not the egg. Go where it's freezing and leave all your doors open for a few hours. The flies will leave and go somewhere warm.
Cluster flies only lay eggs in the soil. They're hibernating inside the warm van walls.
@@juliebjulie57 Obviously I didn't know what type of fly they were when I posted this. But freezing them would still have the same outcome.
You two brighten up my day.
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cluster flies. They sense the change in season, and they cluster together in a void spaces where they can survive the winter. We live on a cattle farm, and they are miserable. We have fly swappers in every room. Keep spraying eventually you will get them out. We have to spray our house at least twice every summer, just so we can get our sanity back. Our old farm house you could hear the buzzing in the walls, and void spaces. Our new build house has spray foam insulation and it stops them, from getting in the walls. They just come in through the door as the kids run in and out of our house.
I was sure you would find a dead mouse under the carpet…
We, on the other hand we’re stranded on the Knepp Estate in Sussex FOR A WEEK waiting for a mechanic to fix the broken water pump on Einstein, our 1990 VW T25. If you are going to be stranded this was the very best place with more than 1000 acres of wild sussex with red deer, longhorn cows, kingfishers and STORKS..just returned home after 2 weeks camping and reaching Rye and Dungeness. Carry on Campervanning..without flies!
Thank you for coming to the USA and putting all your adventures on video. Do you realize how boring you videos would be if you just had normal lives? Your sense of humor and never give up attitude makes these so amazing. I personally thought you'd change the name of the channel to Lord of the Flies. Alex, spam needs to be first fried on both sides before tasting and then thrown away! Can't wait for the next one. Take care and be safe!
Haha love the spam comment, you made us both laugh 😂
That's what I said,it needs to be fried to a golden brown. MUST be a USA thing
Someone up north is thankful for the Beans and driving away their annual swarm of cluster flies.
I have a spot next to my house they can park next to later this month :)
Or someone is frantically looking for their pet swarm of cluster flies not knowing they have been brutally massacred. Don't worry your secret is safe with us. We won't spill the BEANS!!!!
@@cyndeeh Not USA thing. Asians grow up making fried spam sandwiches, they are used to taste from young. Big over there.
I am so happy that the two of you figured out what was up with the flies..... I was worried that maybe you had a dead mouse or two that the flies were feasting on and breeding in!
Thats what I thought too .
Perhaps you could do a defogger or 2. The mist would get in all the nook and crannies, kills the adults and the eggs. Wonder if the mouse died in the walls and that's the attraction. Hopefully not but whatever it is I'm sure it's annoying.
Welcome to the US ! And Fly Country! Trust me they are not gone nor is the mouse. Where there's one there are more hiding, hibernating just waiting. If you really want assurance EVERY critter is gone get another Hotel room or rent a cabin for a few days and A) Remove EVERYTHING out of the van, B) Wash/Wipe down all stuff from Van. Throw away any and all pillows duvets comforters and buy new. WalMart is great. Remember wash EVERYTHING. C) Take the van for a complete wash AND detail on the INSIDE D) Use RAID whole house fogger - set it inside flip the plastic tab and run! E) Detail the inside AGAIN. All flies lay some sort of egg and/or poop out stuff you don't want to deal with. Peace and joy and more Monty Python adventuring!
I spit out my food and did the hardiest chuckle I could when you said RESPAWNING FLIES
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Your US trip seems to be a variation on the ‘The Plagues Of Egypt’ - fire, mice, flies .... hopefully will all go smoothly from now on. Cheers 8-)
I was thinking the whole time that there must be a dead mouse somewhere but that would stink. I've never heard of cluster flies. You have now made an educational video too. I hope you clean all of your bedding and surfaces to remove all of the bug poison you sprayed.
There is no way you can spray all that on top of your bed and in a small place like a van and not feel sick. Weird.
I came out of dollar tree one day & my car was covered in flies. No other car just mine. Got on the highway & they didn't blow off. Had to hose my car down several times. Weirdest thing.
I love how positive you guys are! Love your vlogs!
They just love the refrigerator vents. Take off the trim, use RESIDUAL SPRAY,!! Then get some aluminium screen material from a hardware store and trim AND fit around ALL entrances! We call those things ‘clumping flies’ here! You won’t get away from using a residual spray!!!
Honestly, the flies have been horrendous in Yorkshire this year. We still have 1 that just doesn't want to leave. We have killed dozens of them!
I have never heard of such a problem. I hope you air-out your van really well after all that poison. Thanks for sharing your bizarre story.
Aw I feel for you guys. You need to pull everything out to look for the maggots source x
I had a bird die in the walls in our house, my fly issue was not as bad as yours but it took me 3 weeks to finally get every last one out. Fortunately, they were newly hatched so they were very sluggish and easy to kill. Oh, the joys of sharing the earth with tiny monsters!
Find that mouse!
if you're in an agricultural area, then flies will be a problem. chicken houses, cattle farms, hay pastures that are fertilized with manure..your gonna have to deal with them. love you guys
Years ago in older vehicles the glue and adhesives used to build them was made with something that attracted fly’s and other small critters, the auto companies didn’t find out until later.
Maybe the mouse didn't go away, and now the flies are having a feast.
I think they maybe cluster flies that come in to warm areas in the fall. It is quite common in North America to have them every where! I lived on a farm and these flies found every small crack in the house!
Yes! thats what we found out at the end of this video. We were tearing our hear out before learning what fly they actually were.
That is what I was thinking. I live in the northeast. One morning I came downstairs to hundreds of flies on my window and curtains. Cluster flies are slow, so I exterminated as many as I could and opened the door to let the rest fly out. My buy guy told me a nest must have been nearby (under our deck), they hatched, and came inside to get warm. It was gross.
I’ve battled fly infestations for several years in my house. They show up suddenly in large numbers, and leave just as quickly. There is no rhyme or reason to them. Best thing I found to combat them was spraying Home Defense to the exterior of the house, especially around doors and windows. Good luck to you two!
I had one lay eggs in my house. Took forever to get rid of them.
Fried Spam on an English breakfast is next level! Get on it Alex
I was crying laughing so hard when you opened the Spam Single. So many gross things to love in this one!
You are the “Lord of the Flies”! lol 😝 I bet you can’t wait to wash all of your linens to get the chemicals off. I’d have to get the van detailed before I could handle sleeping in there again.
It’s really annoying to deal with this kind of stuff! But, I’m so glad that you’re safe and can continue with your USA adventures.
It's the area of the US you are in. Shortly after you were in the UP and Wisconsin, I traveled through there, in my van, on my way back to Colorado. I was shocked at the flies in WI. As I traveled west, the flies diminished to almost nothing. Hope you experienced the same!
OMG - I can’t believe you have yet another problem!!! This is not fair - you don’t deserve this. Can’t believe you are still smiling - you guys have the best attitude. I can imagine how you felt as we had a fly problem in the finished part of our basement. Our problem occurred when we put covers over the outside of our basement windows and it created a breeding space for them. Once we removed the covers and killed all the ones inside our problem was resolved but it was awful to deal with so I feel for you. Hopefully the problem is now resolved. Loved the Spam museum! I have eaten that forever as a kid (I am 70 now) we often had it for dinner as it was cheap. My grandkids actually like it when it is made in fried rice. Thanks for the memories. Here’s hoping your last month in the US brings you only fun and relaxation!
Please consider this. One slice of Spam well fried in skillet. One slice of wheat toast buttered and halfed. One egg over easy. All stacked and runny ! Delicious !!
I always have a can of spam in my cupboard. I take the block out of the can, score it with a knife and put cloves in the scoring. Then you mix about a 1/4 cup of brown sugar and a little vinegar together and pour it over top and bake it until it is hot. While baking it, I make sure to keep spooning the brown sugar mixture over it. When hot, remove the cloves (do not eat them) and slice using the brown sugar and vinegar mixture over it. I love it, but I was a country girl growing up, and back then Spam was cheap my mother did this so we kids would eat it.
The flies were always a factor for me not wanting to vacation in Michigan - couldn't wait to get out, actually. When staying on Lake Huron beaches once, we couldn't stand still for one second because of the biting black flies that swarm you as soon as you stop moving. Then there are mosquitos, chiggers, etc. Really sucks sometimes!
As a resident of Michigan, I agree 🤣
@@tmoney586 I forgot to mention midges too, something they're familiar with. Then there's the brutal winters, but that's a different story 😄
@@tmoney586 ditto. I've been run out of the UP before by flies. The biters
I'm so happy for you that you figured out your problem with the cluster flies. I hope the rest of your journey here in the US is wonderful. Safe travels.
I’m so sorry for this yet another bad experience!!! I can’t imagine the amount of cleaning you had to do over and over. At least it’s not a massive space 😅. Your the cutest couple and I hope the rest of your stay here is awesome!!!
Lol that poor last fly. Days watching it's compatriots dying off until it was the only last one left. When it came, it welcomed death.
Open the windows and spin a tee shirt around until a lot are outside. Then put a little bit of soapy water in a little cup. Flies always take off going backward so just come up behind the ones on the ceiling and they will be caught in the soapy water.
I live in the U.P. of Michigan. We get cluster flies every fall at our cabin. It lasts for about a week or two then they’re gone. I need to vacuum in front of the sliding glass door or lamps at least 4 or 5 times a day. Very annoying but it’s a short term problem. Luckily they don’t bite!!
God what a crazy infestation!! This summer I had a horrible sugar ant problem in my room and it drove me to tears. I’m a neat freak and hate bugs, so this was an anxiety attack and a half. Didn’t quite resort to a motel but I definitely spent many nights at a friends house during it 😅😅
awesome job attacking the flies, cant wait till the next episode. be safe, drive safe, and lots of love to you both.
Ha! Ha! Even the flies hated Spam singles slices.
So don't feel downhearted, Alex.
You are so stoic and humerous . The pair of you . I love you .
Reminds me of our gnat infestation camping in Florida many years ago. I feel your grief! Never get an RV with slideouts, bugs will come in the little holes when the slides are out. 🤥
OMG I WOULD HAVE LOST MY SH*T with those flies! Well done getting rid of them. Happy and safe travels!
Check on the outside, underneath and on the inside walls to see if you have any holes. You can get this stuff at Home Depot called Pest Block. It is a spray foam product you can use to fill any voids. It really helps. It also helps to have a small $35 shop vac to suck up stuff like that to get it out of the van.
Sorry! 😂but ……“Surely there’s rubbish bins and piles of 💩 that they would rather be hovering about”
Cracked me up!!!!!!🤣🤣🤣
I'm glad you guys seem to have solved your fly problem. I was about to suggest burning them out, but figured you might not want to go that route.
I watched the Beans and Endless Adventure van swap in their last video and left a comment saying I hoped the flies weren't too bad. They replied that it was worse than they expected, I can now see why 😱
wow… you two have had one helluva time living the van life in the US! I admire your persistence!!
You know how that mouse stopped making noise. He didn’t leave. Now the maggots are hatching from its carcass.
Go to a Tractor Supply Store and buy the sticky traps for flys. Have them hanging every where and you should catch a bunch.
You two are quickly becoming my favorite van lifers. I'm praying for you. Haha.
Ahhh beans, your campervan luck has got to change for the better now, I've never seen that many flies anywhere at one time, hopefully you can start enjoying that van now🤞🙏
This time of the year flies get what I call sticky. They are looking for warmer places and tend to stick to things and slow down. I hope you get it worked out.
The cluster flies moved out when they found the Spam!
As the old saying : time flies ! ⏳🪰
Good to know for others out there. So basically it was a swarm of flies that decided to make your campervan their home. So glad you finally got rid of them all. What a relief that must have been. As far as the hitchhiker mouse, it could still be there so don’t let your guard down just yet, lol. Stay safe and happy trails😊
2 things really got me in this episode 1st Im so glad you figured it out! What a relief that mustve been. Now Id be concerned about the chemicals sprayed all over.
But 2nd...it looks like you may have gone past my town, going from Milwaukee to Austin on the hiway my town wouldve been the last one in Wi before crossing the Mississippi into Minnesota. To bad you couldn't have stopped as this is one of the most beautiful in the area. PLUS when you were in Austin my brother in laws craft brew pub is right across the street from the SPAM Museum! I totally agree SPAM is gross 😝
Happy travels!
We had a fruit fly infestation this summer at the store , I work at which doesn't have anything fruit flies are attracted to in it .. it drove me nuts to the point I was ready to quit my job over it. It had me miserable After a month we found out it was caused by the building next to us had a garbage hoard going on inside it..so I completely understand what you both were going through .glad we both are now bug free ..
I’m glad you hated SPAM!!! I find it revolting!! I can’t stand it!! The taste, the smell, the sound of it, it’s texture. It’s horrible!!
Agree re the mouse. Reckon it's decomposing somewhere inside the van walls, thus the flies. Good luck guys.
Good to know that the fly situation is just temporary (hopefully! 😁)
Where I live in Texas, invasive red Japanese beetles invade our homes in February and March. They look like lady bugs 🐞 without spots. They're everywhere! Dying in massive heaps on the windowsills and corners of rooms. I often thought about going to a motel, but they would be bad there too. It helps to know it's only temporary. The same thing happens in late summer/early fall with black crickets, which fill parking lots and driveways. It reminds me of biblical plagues!
And they stink and bite
Oh my what an experience! Made me think of one of mine... I think it's been about 10 years ago now, I returned back from a holiday while my parents were still away on theirs. The kitchen was full of flies. I started a war agains them but had a hard time winning. Also had no clue why these flies were there and ALSO realised there are different kinf of flies and mine in question were deathflies. So, something was dead, somewhere, in the kitchen?! After a few days, in the middle of my war, I decided to watch a movie and make some popcorn in de microwave. You will never guess what I found in there... Defrosted chicken my mum put in there before they left on holiday. She was planning on making chickensalad sandwhiches for the road but totally forgot about it. Yes. Stinky smelly disgusting chicken in the microwave for f*cking weeks. Anyways, keep on laughing about stuff like this!
What a nasty experience guys but I'm not sure which was worse lol the flies or the pouch of spam 😅 I defo wouldn't have eaten that. Lol glad it's all sorted now though.
Get a bomb spray get two can and set one in the back and one in the front turn it on come back the next day but you'll have wash you bedding and stuff
Because we have cats, and over the counter flea medications no longer work where we are, we had a huge flea problem on and off for several years. We flea bombed and sprayed the whole house multiple times with only a small amount of success until someone recommended a prescription flea med called Bravecto. This has worked like a charm and despite the insanely hot summer this year, our cat (and I, fleas love me!) have remained bite free. But I felt just as disgusted as you two when they were a problem, so glad they're all gone now! I'm glad you both also got on top of your infestation!
get a sulfur candle, put in a metal pot, light it, Leave a screened window cracked a bit, and stay out of the van a few hours. When you open the van, don't enter it right away, instead have a fan blow fresh air in, so it will clear the air out of the poison fumes.
Apparently the flies became so bad the mouse couldn't take it anymore and abandoned ship. ;-)
Hopefully you've considered washing and cleaning surfaces, towels, bedding, etc. after spraying everything. You wouldn't be the first to not think of it but better late than never.
Wow, those flies really looked like it -bugged- you. Regardless, this was a great vid and sure to create some -buzz-. Also the two of you seem like you can handle a lot on the -fly-. (I'm SO sorry, my dad joke urge was too strong.)
Sounds like the mouse is still in the van but has died & the maggots have hatched hence the fly invasion
Yep !! That’s what I’ve said……….flys hatch from maggots
You should check behind the back door panel to see if there are any fly in there. If the last person had nectar or hummingbird feeders on the van the sweet smell will attract the fly's again.
That was horrible. Glad you figured it out.
Are you sure the mouse had left and not died??
And that would be a reason for all the flies 😬
Yeah, thats what we thought at first but there was no smell. We actually find out at the end of the video the type of fly and why it wasn't the mouse.
The end was definitely a success story!
Now Spam isn't too bad, just cheap ham!....needs to be chilled obviously!
What with the Fly situation, we'll that's just bloody horrible!!
so many chills! and I swear the TH-cam went to an ad every time you guys went to open the back door and check for "readies" ....oh the suspense!!
In the Eastern panhandlers of WV, its stink bug infestations. October is the worst time, cause that's when the corn comes off and the stink bugs come to your house. If you open your door to go outside, they rain down upon you like something from a horror show.
"If they keep laying eggs...." Thi would mean that they have a host to keep laying on! Either take everything out, remove the wall panels and window surrounds,or sling it back to the dealer! It's up to you....
Check your sinks too, larva are practically indestructible. Also check under everything!
You guys will end up being CAMPER VAN GRAND MASTERs in no time! Oh goodness
I hate to be the one to tell you guys but Your mouse may not have gotten out!! (RIP Mouse) and that would be exactly why you have flies.. you may have to do a search for that. I would try the back were you have more flies and where you heard the mouse.
Love watching you guys.
This happened to me when I was in Canada. Driving home one night, I splashed through a big puddle, not realizing it had rained. Then I saw a poor couple with a child on the side of the road. A moose had been thrown onto their mini van windshield by a transport truck when the truck struck the moose. It almost went through their windshield. I helped them and went home. Over the next 3 days, every single fly in Ontario found its way to my driveway. WTF? Turns out that wasn't rain water I drove through, It was a huge puddle of blood from the moose. The entire bottom of my car was covered in blood. Turns out road kill blood is the perfect fly attractant.
Hey Beans! When I lived in my tiny RV I learned that peppermint essential oil is a good rodent repellent. Glad you got rid of the flies, yuck!!
We had an infestation of stink bugs in our truck camper. We stopped in St. Louis last October to see the arch and stayed at the casino campground across the river. The weather was beautiful but then the stink bugs came. They were all over our camper. Hundreds of them! They found every nook and cranny they could get into. We battled those little bastards for the rest of our trip. We found out that they don’t like heat very much so we used a hair dryer everywhere we could get it into to. We got back to New York about a month later killing stink bugs the entire trip.
I reckon you’ve got a dead mouse somewhere. They’ve laid eggs on carcass. Then they’ll hatch into flies. You can either wait for them to eat the carcass and then eventually there will be nothing left for the magggots or take your van to pieces and remove the carcass. I’ve had this problem when a pigeon fell down my chimney. There were thousands of flies but we waited until the carcass had been eaten and meanwhile taped up the room and didn’t use it. We got a cover for the chimney and have not had a problem since. I’m very wary of using insecticides because of alarming impact on long term health .
It’s like plagues…. What’s next frogs, bees, glad to see you’re keeping a sense of humor
Unscrew your door panels and check behind them. Especially the ones on your back doors. That huge amount of flies back there seems to say that's where they're coming from. Good luck.
We occasionally fry Span crisp as an alternative to bacon, or sausage with eggs in the morning.