Are houseflies really very likely to come in through a little hole in the kitchen window screen?

Question

Surely there is room for them to crawl through there, but I doubt they're likely to find a little hole. I think they're far more likely to come in through the door when people go in & out. But my wife says she thinks they sniff out & find those little screen holes & little cracks below the door & other such little places ... Do you think that houseflies have the talent to find their way in through little holes in the window screens?

Answer 1

The problem here is that you're anthropomorphizing.

Keep in mind that what to you is a little hole, is at least body-sized to a fly. It's no less likely to be able to find it's way through a hole in your screen than you are to find a door in a wall.

Also, flies don't use the same visual range as humans. They see much more in the infrared - emitted heat and the like. This means the plume of hot air coming through your window stands out to a fly like a tornado on a plain. Once they get inside your house, however, everything is the same temperature, and they can't find their way out as easily (as if they'd want to - I'm sure that to a fly there's lots of terrific stuff in your house!).

Answer 2

Whether or not they have the talent is up for grabs, but the little pests do find their way into all kinds of spots that are amazing. If there is a hole in your screen, chances are a fly will come through it.

Answer 3

Yes. They can find holes in the screen that you don't even know you had. I had a fly infestation one time - it's freaky. I thought something "Amytiville Horror" was going on for a minute. I took bug spray made to kill flies and sprayed the outside of the window and window frame to keep them away from the house. Good luck.

Answer 4

flies inteligence level isn't high enough
contain problem solving motor skill in order to
find it's way into ones room through a whole in a screen. It's far more likely for a fly to come through a constant motion of a door being opened and shut constantly.

Answer 5

absolutely. It all depends on where the smells are coming from. If the kitchen window is open while youre cooking, it will smell from the window, and thats where the flies will go first, looking for a way in. Try buying some foam weatherproofing for the doorjamb and some screen patching for your screen, so you dont have to swat flies all day. ;-)

Answer 6

Oh I hate that! pass-nats and some smaller mosquitos fly correct by that less expensive grasshopper foodstuff (fiberglass) demonstrate. i have sprayed the demonstrate with trojan horse repellant at evening, it type of feels to artwork ok. it is extra ideal than spraying myself or the mattress. i'm searching into getting demonstrate with smaller holes... like mosquito netting!

Answer 7

yup they just dont have the talent to find there way out

Answer 8

yes