At first, there was only about 3 or 4 in my house. Annoying, but manageable. Now there seems like there are a hundred*! They're everywhere! Is there something I can spray at them all to kill them? Or do I gotta swat them, one by one? I'm going crazy!
*There's probably around 20 or 25, but it seems like a lot more.
2007-08-18 11:31:56 · 12 answers · asked by Liz 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Get a couple of cans of fly spray and wage a little chemical warfare.
2007-08-18 11:34:21 · answer #1 · answered by ? 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In order to get entertainment value, have one plastic bottle any type with about 3" of water and a spoon or 2 of sugar added.
Put the cap on and shake well. Remove the lid.
Tape the hole except for a small area just enough for the flies to get in.
Now you have an instant trap. Swat some flies with a swatter and place the dead ones in the bottle. Flies like to be with others of their own kind.
Remove garbage and soda cans/bottles promptly.
Keep doors/windows closed.
If you are in an area with excessive heat, as soon as the temp drops and some rain arrives, they will die off some.
2007-08-18 20:19:50 · answer #2 · answered by kriend 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We had ducks in the back yard a couple of years ago, with similar results. We went to a farmer's store a little out in the country, and bought a flypaper thing you hang. It was about 3 feet long, a one-inch cylinder, coated with flypaper with fly pheromones on it, and pictures of little pretend flies. It cost, maybe, $10, and did the trick! In less than a week, every single fly was gone, with no effort!
2007-08-18 18:38:33 · answer #3 · answered by embroidery fan 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Somewhere nearby they must be breeding profusely. Find out where they are coming from and remove there food source.
One time a farmer in my area used fish remains to fertilize there fields and everywhere in a 5-10 mile radius was filled with flies.
2007-08-18 18:36:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol. i went to visit a hot country once and there were like a billion flies. i had a good time slaughtering them. lol. you'll learn just takes practice. kill them all! it's actullly fun and you make a game with the fly after a while. lol. enjoy. and if u don't like taking lives feed the dead flies to an ant hill. it's fun to watch them take it away. it'll make u feel better like you're not wasting the fly. lol
2007-08-18 18:37:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if there fruit flies just fill a container up with apple cider viniger then put plastic wrap over the top and poke a little hole just big enough for them to get through....there attracted to the apple and there to stupid to find there way out of the whole so they'll eventually just get tired and fall in the viniger
2007-08-18 18:37:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a funny but working and fun to watch answer. You can put one of those bug zapper inside your house and when you're bored laugh at t flies that get zapped while watching it happen. LOL. Too bad it works....
2007-08-18 18:37:23 · answer #7 · answered by Trentino S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think swatting them is really fun... i swat them all the time. my mom is a pro and she can catch a fly with a chopstick. i saw her do it and its amazing!!! it is so cool. im serious..... anyways fly swatting is a sport to me but u know u can always go to target and buy some spray for it
2007-08-18 18:37:30 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are not just "there", LOL!
There is something dead in your home that had eggs in it, and the flies are now hatching.
Have you NO sense of SMELL?!!!! It should not be hard to find the source!
2007-08-18 18:35:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mine were coming in from the window I had to caulk it and problem solved even the cat got tired of killing them
2007-08-18 20:31:49 · answer #10 · answered by marsh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋