Every single time it is going to rain here I get overrun by the darn things. I hate them! They buzz around your head and annoy you, land on you, and just gross me out. They can't be little flies either...no they have to be these huge things that sound like a horse or something. I can't find the fly swat either this morning. The dog probably ate it. Anyone know how to convince a fly to go to those flystrips? I might have to break bad and do what dh used to do (20 years ago)......get a can of hairspray and a lighter! The only thing is I only have one can of hairspray and I really like it and this rain makes my hair frizz so I need it! I really see no reason why God created flies....must have been after Adam and Eve sinned!

LOL Oh Ginnie, I hate flies too! BUT your DH's method sounds like someone could go up in flames! If the hairspray catches fire in the air, does that mean your the hair on your head with hairspray on it would too? ;-) OMG! What a thought! Be careful, and you and your new friends have a great day! :-)

http://www.monsterflytrap.com/

We have a blind dog who can't negotiate a double dog door, so we keep the inner door open in the summer, and just have a cut out in the outer door. And flies!!

These things work pretty well. I have one about 25 feet outside of that door, and while they aren't all gone, it keeps the population down. Of course, like all fly traps, they are disgusting, so maybe you have to disguise it.

I have bought the cheap wasp traps and it catches more flies than wasps!
i put a small piece of hamburger in it..and hang it away from the deck and patio door..works for me..

you can get hair spray (the kind that works with the compressed air,NOT the pump type) at the dollor store. i have used it in the house, because of the dogs and grandkids..

We have terrible flies around our area...lots of farms I guess. I buy 3 of the white plastic holders that have a yellow pest stip inside. I put one just inside the back door..and two in the kitchen...NO flies! I think the brand is called Hot Shot..They gave them at Walmart.
I never tried hair spray.

Try basil plants...a neighbor keeps a pot on her patio table and on her table in the house and on the bar in the kitchen.

well I would never do what dh did to them....too scared of flame throwers myself and he doesn't do it anymore. Guess he grew up lol! But I have sprayed them with hairspray to stiffen their wings long enough to get a fly swat after them. Besides if I used the flame thrower the kids would want to try it! No way!

I hate them too, and my nearest neighbors are about 200 cows, so we have way to many! I will try the basil!

My husband leaves the doors open in the sun room and they come in like they are welcome to be there too. I use windex, hair spray, bathtub scrubbin bubbles, awesome, spray starch. If it sprays I hit them with it. When they fall down I can smash their heads. Guess the animal rights activist would be mad. I have some mouse trap glue boxes out now to see if flies will go into it. If they will it will be an easy way out. If the basil works would you let us know please. I am going to go ahead and put some out.

they are such pests aren't they? Between the kids and the dogs its hard keeping the door shut....given that its the kitchen door there's always something to tempt them in too. I will try the basil.

I'm with you. But my dogs like to chase them and eat them. Strange dogs.

I went into a store last fall that had a baggie of water hanging above the door...was supposed to be to discourage flies, and when I asked about it, the lady told me that she'd tried everything, lot of farms in that area, and this was the only thing that worked, short of bug spray! I walked away shaking my head, but there's wasn't one fly in that store, and the door was open!

Charlee -

I was just going to suggest that. We raise chickens and have tons of flies. We hang a bag of water over each door and have hardly no flies. just get a ziplock sandwich bag and fill half full with water and zip closed working out the excess air. then get binder clips and clip to the bag and hang over your door. I don't know why it works but it does.

Sheila

I tried those bags of water last year and it didn't faze the flies here. I was hoping it would work too!

I heard about that on the radio. Some guy was saying that to the flies, their own reflection in the bag looks like a predator. I have not done it, but I am going to put one out today.

They are the worse. I run around with fly swatter like a crazy women. My family think I'm nuts

We used to have terrible flies. I always just thought it was because we lived in the country, and had chickens,steers and sheep. Eventually we got rid of all of our animals, except the flies. There was one of those big chicken houses across the fields from us and when they went out of business, we didn't have flies. Turns out the second owners of the business did not keep up with fly maintenance.

I hate flies too. I'm going to try the bags of water.

My cousin-in-law used this and it worked for her. She kept her porch light on and hung it just below the light. She said the flies can see their reflection with the light on.

Windex. Works like a charm. You can spray them right out of the air.

I use Listerine. Put it in a spray bottle and spray down the front porch. It works for about 5hrs. and I have to do it again. It takes care of every bug!!!
I'll have to try the water too.

I read about the baggie filled with water but it said to put 4 or 5 pennies in the bag. I would like to know what to do to get rid of wasps, we have so many by the porch door.

:lol: :lol:

Marsye, you are sooooooooooo bad LMBO

One year we had a million flies in the garage so I bought fly tape. Every bug imaginable was stuck to it except FLIES.
I was so frustrated! :D

I know why God created flies....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sv5RGpHVx-4

The Revenge of the Frogs.

there is something called a "waspinator"

http://www.amazon.com/Unknown-WASP1-.../dp/B002ITNBT8

i have no idea if it works, but worth a shot for under 10 bucks. i also remember a sewing pattern to make one. but can't remember where i saw it. google it as a pattern and see if you come up with something.
i try to keep up with the ones i see..in the evening i spray where the nests start..(in my grill is a constant fight)

This is what i use for my patio door with my dogs running in and out. have used them for years.(no place to put a doggy door)

http://www.collectionsetc.com/Produc...aspx?WT.srch=1

I got an email a while back that said to put 5 or 6 pennies in a ziploc filled with water and hang it close to your door, outside. Here is a copy of the information. Don't know if it works, but what have you got to lose.???
Fill a ziplock bag with water and 5 or 6 pennies and hang it in the
> problem area. In my case it was a particular window in my home. It had a slight
> passage way for insects. Every since I have done that, it has kept flies and
> wasps away. Some say that wasps and flies mistake the bag
> for some other
> insect nest and are threatened.
Regarding the science behind zip log bags of water? My research found that
> the millions of molecules of water presents its own prism effect and given
> that flies have a lot of eyes, to them it's like a zillion disco balls
> reflecting light, colors and movement in a dizzying manner. When you figure
> that flies are prey for many other bugs, animals, birds, etc., they simply
> won't take the risk of being around that much perceived action. I moved to a
> rural area and thought these "hillbillies" were just yanking my city
> boy
> chain but I tried it and it worked immediately! We went from hundreds of
> flies to seeing the occasional one, but he didn't hang around.

An e-mail went around to put shiny pennies in the plastic bag of water. Haven't tried it yet, but I'm sure going to try it.

maybe that's why it didn't work for me....our back deck is completely shaded.

We've tried this at the country home....get an ziplock bag & fill with water,,hang it up with paperclip (or whatever u have) and hang above window sill or front door. Don't know why but it sure has ease up a lot!

Once when my late Landscape Architect hubby wanted to
re-landscape out back yard, he yanked out my big bed of mint
that I loved. Suddenly the flies came in droves to join me in the
kitchen and all over the house. With Dobermans and kids by the
dozen running around, it was horrid. So I replanted a huge pot of
mint and put it beside the back door. That kept most of the horrid
things out, but not all. Grandma back in the hills used to plant mint
around the barn to keep the flies down somewhat, and we both
love Preying Mantis for fly catchers delux!

Hubby's sweet old Portuguese mother told me to paint the under
side of the porch roof blue. That back in Portugal her family could
not afford screens in the early 1900s, so painted whole houses
blue to protect them from flies. It did work some, worth painting
it and it looked nice.

For inside windows, I hate to wipe up smashed flies, so use a
Dust Buster for catching them. Cleaning out the bag isn't so bad
wearing rubber gloves.

We don't get many flies in the house, when its hot out you can't hardly sit outside because they land all over us. When patio has shade they really like to be there. Working with cement or when its going to rain they start biting. They really like the wet cement. I stay in the house alot.

Last year I visited my family in Germany and it is obligatory that I visit the old ladies in the bakery. (Family friends) This visit they had made a lovely cream cake that actually used to be one of my favorites. I decided to have a piece and while it was not what I remembered from years gone by, it was pretty yummy. However, it was a sweltering HOT day and the cake stood in the hot sun alongside the cream and soon some of those fat green shimmery flies descended on the cake top. They literally ran tracks in the powdered sugar. ...and I seemed to be the only one bothered by it. Everyone else kept eating. I claimed that the cake was too rich for my delicate stomach. YUK!

Haven't much trouble with flies but ANTS!!! We have those little "sugar" ants that are so small that they come right through the screens! I've tried every thing possible and probable and STILL can't keep the things off the sink, table, bathroom counter, you name it!! And unfortunatly fly swaters are not an option. They even climb up on top of my parrot cage and get into his treat bowl! Sprays are not an option either.(alergic cat)Anyone have a solution I might not have tried yet??

Cayenne pepper around window and door sills, wipe countertops down with vinegar water and for bird cage, try a little vaseline or grease around the pole

My grandmother grew a hop plant ( the kind you make beer with) on her front porch to keep flies and mosquitoes away. It's a large vine so would need support.

here is a good non toxic list of ways to control them.

http://www.thefrugallife.com/ants.html


when i get them, i go on a cleaning frenzy..with bleach and water. and put ant bail traps inbetween the main door and the screen doors. plus a few behind couches and on the back steps inside my house.
Jerry Baker, who uses non toxic way for bug removals, has always said to use borax.
Good Luck!

I heard, the bag of water also but with a penny in it.

How are the mouse trap glue boxes working?
Did you have to put a piece of hamburger on them?