How can I get rid of flies in my backyard?

Answer 1

Get rid of the bodies.



Or find their source. Often times flies are attracted to things where they can breed. Is there garbage laying around in your back yard? How about compost? Is it possible that they are coming from somewhere other than *your* back yard? Perhaps a neighbor's?

Flies are a part of nature, and they are pesky, so make sure your property is clean from trash and standing water. Standing water seems to attract insects (especially mosquitos and the like), but I'm not so sure that that in and of itself would attract flies.

You could look at different kind(s) of insect sprays, but I've never had to buy any simply because of flies.

Answer 2

I had this problem really bad, especially near the area where I feed the dogs.
The only thing that worked was Fly Trap made by Rescue. They are sold at Lowes and Walmart.
It's a disposable trap that you fill partially with water and hang wherever the flies are. It puts out an odor that attracts flies (they prefer the trap over dog food and trash cans). The flies enter the top and can't get out. The traps last for several weeks and have worked extremely well.

Answer 3

Find the source if you can, first. If it's pet's food or living area, you'll have to remove the uneaten food and poo. Use lime to get rid of them on their droppings. We pick out the kennels/yards and put into a buried bucket with a lid and keep lime on each layer. This dries it out and renders it smell less to the flies. If it's something you can't find where they come from you'll have to just be diligent in your approach to removal by sprays or by the following means.
They seem to be worse when it's humid outside whatever the cause. Their life cycle I believe is every 21 days.
We have horses, dogs, cats and chickens and keep the fly population next to nothing by using FLY PREDATORS.
I was very skeptical at first but we've used them now for almost 8 months and have very few flies.
We put them out once a month and unless there is lots of rain or circumstances beyond our control..ie something dying in the woods, or something they've been attracted to by smell etc. They get rid of all the flies. We see not even an eighth of the flies that we used to have before we started using them.
They are small predator bugs that are sent in a self contained envelope and you wait for them to start hatching out of their pupae in the envelope and when you see them crawling around actively in there you go put them out where the flies are and they will seek out the fly larvae. They do not eat the adult flies. For that..you'll need frogs or attract other birds and such that feed on flies.

Am including the web addy where we get ours. You can also go through SmartPak Equine.com

http://www.spalding-labs.com/home.php

This is where they get them and we order direct also.

I've also made lots of mini habitats for frogs and that seems to help as well. :)

Answer 4

10% permethrin is a fly spray you mix in a sprayer and can be applied to the walls of buildings and livestock too. I live next to cows and I spray the outside of my house about once a month. Fly traps are okay but they will attract flies so place them away from the area to draw them away.

Answer 5

Fly strips like farmers use in cow barns.

Answer 6

keep food away if you have food out there or I don't know if the zapping lamps work but its worth a try.