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How do I get rid of flies?

(55 Posts)
thatbags Sun 03-Jul-16 17:50:09

Open windows. They fly out. This is not a silly suggestion. It works.

tanith Sun 03-Jul-16 17:03:45

Since I bought a fly screen for my back doors we haven't had a fly in the house they don't seem to come in the windows who knows why only the doors. I wouldn't use spray either you end up with dead flies everywhere. You can get the fly screens very cheaply on Amazon and they just stick on with velcro pads so you can quickly take them down again if necessary.
It also deters the neighbourhood cats from coming in the house when I'm not looking.grin

granjura Sun 03-Jul-16 16:04:09

We lvie near farms and horses, so we got a fly screen fitted for one window per room- and it made a huge difference.

Put dishes of vinegar and also sodium bicarb in kitchen and other affected rooms.

But once they are in- I wouldn't spray in a kitchen or anywhere with food, children or pets- and the only safe and humane way is a fly swatter, and or those old-fashioned fly spirals with fly 'glue' - horrible but they do the job.

merlotgran Sun 03-Jul-16 15:53:12

Spray!!

MoBrown Sun 03-Jul-16 15:51:25

For some reason over the last week or so I've had an influx of great big fat flies - the big lethargic ones that don't seem to be bothered about you being near or swatting at them. They seem to be pairing up and I'll find them squatting on my kitchen window, then another couple next to my dining room table. Even in my downstairs loo! My house is clean, I rarely have any food out and surfaces are wiped etc. They are just so disgusting and I'm terrified one of them is going to lay eggs somewhere... What do I do to get rid of them? Is anyone else similarly plagued this year?