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mollymaggie — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 02:59:28 GMT

We have a huge fly problem They appear in the sprinf They fly like a bat out of hell and they are the green typeIv paid a pest control company for 40 years So far noone knows where thry are coming from They can be all over the windows in my livingroom One year theybfoubd a dead animal in nt fireplce wetook it away cleaned fireplace I coverered all radiator enclosures and they seemed to cut down thr amount To tell you I am losint my mind id putting it mildl Has anyone had this problem? The company has gone over house trying to see what it can be

Re: flies

RedTop — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 03:35:18 GMT

@mollymaggie
The flies are laying eggs inside the house and hatching out, perhaps in your attic, and then they find windows to try to get outside. Flies are drawn to cat and dog food bowls too.

Flies like to lay eggs in the dirt of your inside houseplants, especially if you have plants that are taken outside on the porch in the summer months and brought inside in the fall.

The fireplace is also a prime area for flies to enter the house.

I question the reliability of an exterminator that has sprayed a long time and you still have a severe problem. I pay for monthly service; the exterminator sprays in my garage and basement, around the perimeter of the house as well as all doors and windows. We see very few flies and mosquitoes, and I can sit on my porch without getting eaten alive. There is some residual effect to the spray since we started monthly service 7 years ago.

We call the big green flies blow flies, and they are specifically found around rotting garbage, sewage, horse barns, and dead animals.

Re: flies

geezerette — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 10:47:40 GMT

I live in a rural area and always have a lot of flies in the spring when it's the most humid, although I don't have a problem as bad as yours. They're not so bad as the summer heats up. They hang around my doors (outside) and then when I open the door, they can fly inside.

I've had great luck with the Dyna Traps. I put one on the front porch to cover the front door, and one in the garage that gets the door out there. The flies never seem to be inside the traps along with the other bugs, but evidently they are deterred because I never have any flies when the traps are running.

I hope someone has a solution for you that works. Your problem sounds very annoying.

Re: flies

deb5555 — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 12:14:42 GMT

It's the year of the fly, we can't figure out where they are coming in from either, they are very sneaky, it gets worse when they smell food cooking in the kitchen, they fly around an outside window.

We sprayed yard guard outside and it helps a little, but they just keep coming back. We have never seen so many as this year.

Re: flies

jlkz — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 13:08:51 GMT

@mollymaggie

If you are trying to kill the flies inside, please try a battery-operated fly swatter. When I first saw one at Harbor Freight store, I thought: Right this won't work and it was about $4-5.

Well, I was wrong and sometime in early September I got to use it as there would be an unusual number of flies in the great room. All I had to do was get very near to

the fly: it would fly away and into the face of the swatter / racquet and be electrified on the grid. No swinging the racquet at all and no blood smears !

Next time I got the racquet that used the larger batteries.

The racquet can deal with really tiny flying insects too.

HTH

Re: flies

jlkz — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 13:09:23 GMT

@mollymaggie

If you are trying to kill the flies inside, please try a battery-operated fly swatter. When I first saw one at Harbor Freight store, I thought: Right this won't work and it was about $4-5. Am sure I also saw them on Amazon.

Well, I was wrong and sometime in early September I got to use it as there would be an unusual number of flies in the great room. All I had to do was get very near to

the fly: it would fly away and into the face of the swatter / racquet and be electrified on the grid. No swinging the racquet at all and no blood smears !

Next time I got the racquet that used the larger batteries.

The racquet can deal with really tiny flying insects too.

HTH

Re: flies

KingstonsMom — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 14:34:33 GMT

DD uses "Ranch Fly Traps' commonly used in horse barns where flies can be a huge problem.

When she gets home from work, I'll find out where she orders them from.

Just yesterday she mentioned receiving hers, after they had been on back-order.

You can use them over and over, not disposable, just add new 'bait'....cheap canned cat food and beer.

It has a net and the flies, attracted by the bait, get caught in the netting, so nothing nasty, full of dead flies, to empty.

Re: flies

KingstonsMom — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 14:36:19 GMT

@jlkz

I use those too, for any occasional flying bug problem.

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Imaoldhippie — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 15:30:45 GMT

Those green bottle flies are the ones usually found around dumpsters where food it rotting and around dead things. You dont say how long this has been going on but they are gathering and breeding somewhere in the walls of your house.

Try google search on green bottle flies. HTH.

Re: flies

SeaMaiden — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 18:01:38 GMT

@mollymaggie You did not say where you live. I have never experienced flies or misquitos like some talk about where Iive. That would be awful

Re: flies

shaggygirl — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 18:11:15 GMT

@jlkz wrote:
@mollymaggie

If you are trying to kill the flies inside, please try a battery-operated fly swatter. When I first saw one at Harbor Freight store, I thought: Right this won't work and it was about $4-5. Am sure I also saw them on Amazon.

Well, I was wrong and sometime in early September I got to use it as there would be an unusual number of flies in the great room. All I had to do was get very near to
the fly: it would fly away and into the face of the swatter / racquet and be electrified on the grid. No swinging the racquet at all and no blood smears !

Next time I got the racquet that used the larger batteries.

The racquet can deal with really tiny flying insects too.

HTH

I love that thing! Never had one fly into it as you do but rather I wait till they land, usually on a window, then I nail them. Bzzzzzzzzzz, fry you pesty little bugger!

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jlkz — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 19:27:39 GMT

even very good for the nasty spotted lantern fly that hops as fast as you can see it !

Re: flies

mousiegirl — Sat, 15 Aug 2020 21:22:38 GMT

@mollymaggie wrote:
We have a huge fly problem They appear in the sprinf They fly like a bat out of hell and they are the green typeIv paid a pest control company for 40 years So far noone knows where thry are coming from They can be all over the windows in my livingroom One year theybfoubd a dead animal in nt fireplce wetook it away cleaned fireplace I coverered all radiator enclosures and they seemed to cut down thr amount To tell you I am losint my mind id putting it mildl Has anyone had this problem? The company has gone over house trying to see what it can be

@mollymaggie When I open the laundry room door to the deck, flies get in. I have been dealing with them in the kitchen for weeks, but one always follows me from room to room, so I finally remembered my bottle of Adams Flea and Tick spray, which takes care of any insect, and I use to keep ants away. I don't like using such, but enough of the ants and flies. I havn't had an ant since I began spraying outside along the bottom of the slider where they enter. I spritzed the flies as they flew over the sink, and within hours, they were all deceased. Once, I used a towel and slapped four at once into a dish of water in the sink.

Thank You to all the nice friends that took the time to respond to my fly problem I live in Weymout

mollymaggie — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 19:10:43 GMT

Thank you to all of the friends that responded to my fly problem You took time out of your day to help me I do think they are in the walls I live in Weymouth ma and Im going to google ranch fly traps All of your advice was so right on

Re: flies

RedTop — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 20:40:17 GMT

@mollymaggie,

You, and/or the exterminator, need to be using a spray with pyrethrin to kill these flies!

Whether they're hatching out in your chimney, the walls, your furniture, the right spray will get rid of them. An effective exterminator should've nipped this in the bud a long time ago.

If people with horses can control the flies in their barns, an exterminator should've been able to help you be more comfortable in your house.

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BeccaLou — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 02:36:53 GMT

@mollymaggie Qvc sells a thing called a dyna-trap , they really work. I had a strange fly problem and it took care of it. It will at least attract them and they get stuck on a sticky tape . It comes with an attractive shield so you won't see them. Try it it really helped and caught tons of them.Another question , do you have sky lights ? They can come in that way. I had it happen when I had junky skylights.