Best way to get rid of flies?

[nanette1985]

Got rid of garbage, no food/drink sitting around. Tried flypaper from the hardware store and a fly trap with sticky sides. Nothing's working so far. Also tried using a flyswatter - I lack the coordination to actually hit the flies. But it does get rid of some of the frustration to swat away randomly.

Suggestions? Regular house flies, not fruit flies - we've done a good job getting rid of the fruit flies with vinegar.

I wouldn't mind the flies so much but I can't stand the buzzing noises when I'm trying to sleep.


Moved from P&N due to protests of abetting genocide from Insect-Americans. I thought of moving this to Highly Technical, but, pfffft, what do they know?

Perknose
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[xj0hnx]

Bury the bodies instead of leaving them out?

Where's the news or politics?

 

[tfinch2]

Try to shit in the toilet instead of on the floor.

 

[lxskllr]

Time. Once you get rid of the breeding grounds, you can slowly kill them off, and they'll be all gone. Oh yea, and shut the fuckin' door. You live in a barn or somethin'?! :^D

 

[olds]

Don't let them in.

 

[wischeez]

Frogs, lots of frogs. Or Venus fly trap. Lots of those too.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Get a cat. :biggrin:


Though best defense is not letting them in. The occasional one might go in when you are leaving the house but if you have swarms of them you have a hole in your screens or something and they must be getting through. Check your AC if you have a window or portable unit. I know I get the occasional bug that comes in through mine.

 

[PottedMeat]

Don't let them in.

this.

the only time i have flies inside is because someone let them in.

use a ruler + rubber band to hunt them down. but it sounds like you have more than a few.

 

[manimal]

Well if this was P&N I would have posited that the flies were in fact socialists looking for a handout.


The flies are probably breeding on the rotting corpse you have in between your matresses.

 

[pelov]

Have you tried flushing your toilet every once in a while?