Flies All Over House Siding

By james clark insects such as flies are naturally drawn to vinyl siding because vinyl siding attracts build up of airborne sugar particles from nearby trees plants and brush.

Flies all over house siding.

If it is cool or cold out the flies will land on the siding to get warm if the sun is shining on it. Unlike brick or wood homes the sugar particles which may not be detectable to the human eye stick to the vinyl siding causing flies to gather. The source is likely inside your house garage attic or garden. House flies are about inch long and gray.

I think a few even bit me it feels like. This is the same family to which bottle or blow flies belong. While there are thousands of species of flies musca domestica is the variety most likely to bug you both inside and outside of your home found as they are on every continent inhabited by humans. I have flies all over the outside of my house.

The most common reason for flies swarming all over your house is an infestation inside or nearby your home. Those large flies in your home in winter are probably cluster flies which overwinter in the protected areas between the inside and outside walls of your home or in the attic or basement. Houseflies are found almost everywhere people live. Have seen this at work on cooler days.

Cluster flies come from the calliphoridae family. Overwintering insects generally stay in secluded areas until the warming and lengthening days of spring pull them from hiding. If you suddenly see a swarm of flies that means dozens of eggs have already hatched and developed into flies. Therefore barriers preventing access to the building are the first line of defense.

If i go outside they are clinging to the siding vinyl and buzzing around hitting me in the face. Flies found inside the home have entered from the outside in almost all cases. Seal cracks around windows and doors where flies may enter. Use well fitted small mesh well maintained screens on all doors and windows.

Cluster flies are large black coloured flies with the scientific name pollenia rudis they show up in homes from late fall through early spring. They lay their eggs on animal feces garbage and in rotting organic material.