How to Get Rid of House Flies (4 Simple Steps)

Watch how to get rid of house flies guaranteed! This video will show you steps for effective house fly control, using house fly traps and pesticides!

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The house fly is one of the most hated and common pests in the world. They can be found in any location around the world, and will infest homes quickly if they detect any rotting or decaying organic matter.

Because house flies feed and breed in rotting material, they can spread harmful bacteria to people and animals, transporting pathogens everywhere they go, so it’s important to perform proper house fly control.

For proper control, you need to identify house fly activity. The common housefly is typically around a fourth of an inch in length. They are usually gray or black in color, with four black stripes on their backs. They have two short wings that do not overlap.

They are attracted to moisture and rotting organic matter, so they can be found in or around trash cans, spoiled food, feces, or compost piles.

To get control of house flies, first sanitize your home. Regularly take out the trash, keeping the garbage in a sealed bin. Clean countertops frequently, clear grease off stove tops, and sweep or mop regularly. If you have pets, pick up or spray down dog droppings and clean cat litter everyday.

Next, use a combination of fly lights, glue traps, and insecticides.

Use Musca-Stik fly traps to capture flies. This is an insecticide-free trap that uses a combination of bright orange paper, glue, and a pheromone attractant to lure and trap the flies. Sprinkle the supplied attractant into the catch basin at the end of the stick. Then hang this in areas you have seen housefly activity. The flies will be attracted to the stick, land, and get stuck - unable to fly away and eventually dying.

If you have flies in a commercial property, you can also use the Mantis fly light trap. This is a light weight, ready to use fly light that uses two, bright UV lights to attract flies. This fly light does not electrocute the flies, but instead lures them to a glue board positioned behind the bulbs where they will get stuck and unable to fly away.

Finally, use Pyrid aerosol as a space spray to kill any remaining flies. Spray the Pyrid where you see fly activity. This does not have a residual, so flies must come into contact with the spray to be effective.

Prevent house flies from returning by keeping your property as clean as possible. Continue to take out the trash, clean kitchens, and minimize decaying organic material.

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[tishidiv]

The main thing I don't like about summer

[MoeShope]

there is nothing in my room. what does this fly want

[HaywoodJablomi_]

I have been cleaning everything in my house every day and they are still driving me nuts.

[kendallvanderhorst]

The fly not gon sit long enough for me
To examine it

[zafarahmed]

The fly in my room when they see me watching this: 👁👄👁

[abiah]

its 2 am and theres this housefly that doenst let me sleep. I've been trying to get it out for half an hour and now I'm having a meltdown and crying 👍👍

[eddysegafan]

Great video! Currently dealing with a fly infestation in my house. Killed 31 of those things two days ago.

[bat-]

“They can be found around trash”

*i wonder why this fly keeps flying around me*

edit: this comment is not funny

[muchofme]

This fly had the nerve to get pregnant in my room WTF.

[Luboman]

Very useful tips. When I decided to cook real food (instead of getting take-out all the time) to improve my diet over the summer, the flies just came out in hordes. It's the rotting remnants of veggies, bits of meat, eggs and fruits in my trashcan that led to this disgusting mess. I need to learn to throw away these things more often. How do people who cook all the time with organic ingredients deal with this?

[KisDraga]

ugh! dealing with this constantly. We live in an old building that I just cannot keep clean enough. Summer is the worst! Just when I think I have a handle on it the next morning theres 4 more hanging out in the bathroom or kitchen. I'm hoping the kitchen trash can is the culprit and that I can stop them from breeding if i deep clean it and take it out daily.. (I feel somewhat better knowing i'm not the only one struggling with this.)

[TacticalDuckyYT]

who else chucks everything they have at the fly

[steelhere]

Right now, I am being stalked and terrorized by a fly. I think the same fly followed me home from a hotel I stayed in. I can hear it and occasionally see it. I turned my ceiling fan on high and I sprayed my room with an air freshener and it's still here. As I was typing on my tablet, it landed on my finger. I won't give up.

[ignitelegend]

Ive been trying to kill this fly for two hours and it wont let me sleep the fly is literally usain bolt i can literally hear the buzzing in my hear even tho hes hinding right now like bruh.

[carl]

"This fly light does not zap the flies"
Oh I wish it did

[lass-inangeles]

Thank you for the excellent tips. I will buy these. Summer months = an explosion of flies.
To quote Ogden Nash,
"The Lord in his wisdom created the Fly
Then forgot to tell us why!"

[TimelordUK]

I could never have a strip of dead flies hanging up in my home

[TefenCa]

This still doesn't stop them from continually coming into the home over and over again.
What would be helpful is a list of places they are able to make their way into homes.

[nicholasjoel]

I currently have a fly in my room and been hearing it while watching this video

[seahawksfan]

at 0:26 when the fly came on the screen I almost hit my phone with my hand