Some effective alternatives to commercial insecticides are do it yourself repellents swatters and traps and natural deterrents like herbs and essential oils.
Flies on roof.
Do this in the summer or early fall at the latest.
7 don t destroy all the spider webs outdoors.
Use an essential oil spray to treat areas where flies gather.
A female fly can lay about 120 eggs at a time so it is important to get rid of them as soon as you notice flies in your home.
Put a few drops of fly repellant oil in an essential oil diffuser and place it in a room where flies are a problem.
Unlike more familiar blow flies such as the bluebottle genus phormia they do not present a health hazard because they do not lay eggs in human food.
Cluster flies come from the calliphoridae family.
When at rest the drain fly folds its wings over the body in a characteristic roof like manner.
Spiders eat flies but if you destroy their webs the flies lose a natural predator.
This name describes its characteristics very well i e.
Remember attic flies want to cluster indoors when it starts to get a lot cooler outdoors.
Spray as best you can around your roof chimney eves ventilation holes etc.
Cluster fly larvae develop inside earthworms living in the ground outside of homes.
Cluster flies are also known as attic flies.
Porches provide a place to relax and enjoy a cool breeze during the hot summer months until the flies show up.
Drain flies measure about 1 5 to 5 mm long.
The tendency of clustering in large numbers inside attics.
A cluster fly is very much similar to a house fly.
These are not the same as the blue bottles that buzz hard against the windows in the warmer weather or the house flies and smaller flies that are active in summer too.
Apply insecticide to the outside of your attic to prevent flies from coming in.
The warmth generated here means that flies are naturally drawn into these cavities and voids particularly during the months of october and november where they congregate in groups or clusters.
Cluster or attic flies are the genus pollenia in the blowfly family calliphoridae.
Flies swarm your porch for the food and breeding places it provides bringing noise and disease along with them.
Flies are deterred by the scents of some plants so keep potted plants on your patio or near your doors that repel flies.
This is the same family to which bottle or blow flies belong.
Basil elderberry lavender mint and false indigo.
Eliminate the attractions on your porch and you eliminate the flies.
Cluster flies are common in the loft and attic spaces of homes and business premises.
