It is almost impossible to meet a person who has not encountered such annoying insects as flies. It is also difficult to meet a person who would be indifferent to their presence. Being around flies is a lot of trouble. These insects can unbalance the most resistant person to external stimuli. They chase a person almost everywhere, be it on the street or in an apartment, giving no rest. At the same time, flies do not know where they land, so they are found in the most latrine places. After this, they can fly into the apartment and climb on food items. As a result, they carry pathogens of infectious and other diseases. Therefore, everyone who sees a fly in their apartment tries to get rid of it.
It is very important to approach solving this problem comprehensively. This is the only way to protect your living space from such an unpleasant neighborhood. Timely destruction of flies will not allow them to multiply and interfere with the calm, measured life of a person.
Reasons for appearance
These harmful insects have an extremely developed sense of smell. Smells scare them away or strongly attract them. Thanks to this fact, you can both destroy flies and attract them. Let's figure out what should not smell in the room in order to avoid an unpleasant neighborhood.
- Food waste, human and animal waste products primarily attract insects. Therefore, we keep the toilet, cat litter box, and trash can clean.
- Like most people, flies love sweets. This means we close up the honey, jam, and other goodies and put them away.
- Arthropods also like the smell of meat, especially rotten meat. We immediately put the prepared food in the refrigerator, and take the waste to the trash can.
- We don’t put off washing dirty laundry for too long, as flies love the smell of human sweat.
- If there are animals, wash them more often, change the contents of the tray and bowl, and wash the bed.
5.Tubs of tomatoes and basil in a pot
Incredible, but true - flies really don’t like the smell that tomato tops emit. They don't really like the aroma of basil either. If you place pots and tubs of these plants at strategic points, e.g. on the windows or at the entrance to the house, then flies will fly around your home.
- Mini-vegetables in the garden and on the windowsill - is it worth growing them at all?
Have you heard about the baby boom? No, this is not a fashion for children. This is the name given to the worldwide craze for miniature vegetables.
Types of pests
Before you get rid of flies in your apartment, let’s recognize the enemy by sight.
- The indoor variety visits homes more often than others; this insect does not live outside.
- Brownies are similar to the previous type, however, they are larger in size. In addition to food and waste, they will not refuse to enjoy indoor plants.
- Autumn flies feed on particles of human skin and, when bitten, cause irritation of the epidermis. The proboscis of these insects is longer and equipped with teeth.
- Carrion flies are more dangerous than other varieties: they feed on animal corpses, excrement, and manure, after which they spread pathogenic microorganisms on their legs.
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Why are flies dangerous?
Psychological discomfort is not all the troubles insects cause to people. The villi on the paws of a fly's legs “help” microbes and bacteria move from rotten food, garbage, feces, and animal corpses to human skin, clothing, and food. It's unpleasant, isn't it? That is why the question of how to deal with flies in a private house or apartment requires an immediate solution.
Without taking the necessary measures, a person in the vicinity of them is at risk of serious illness. For example, these:
- conjunctivitis;
- cholera;
- anthrax;
- typhoid fever;
- tuberculosis;
- diarrhea;
- dysentery.
Diseases carried by flies
The main disadvantage is not only that they are annoying in everyday life, but they are carriers of a large number of diseases.
Diseases carried by flies:
- Dysentery
- Typhoid fever
- anthrax
- Parasites in the intestines
- Eye pathologies
- Tuberculosis
- Cholera
Lots of flies
Mechanical methods of exterminating insects
These options are safe for people and pets.
Duct tape
It is an adhesive strip of paper impregnated with an aroma (attractant) that is attractive to insects. The trap is hung in the kitchen, in the toilet, at the entrance, next to the lighting fixture. Do this higher up so as not to touch the sticky strip. The method for getting rid of insects is effective, but the appearance of the fly-covered tape is not aesthetically pleasing.
Traps with light
A method similar in principle to the previous one. Glowing screens and flashlights lure arthropods with bright light, and the sticky substance inside prevents them from getting out.
Traps with food bait
To get rid of flies, you can prepare a trap yourself, it’s not difficult.
- Take a jar, make sugar syrup. Cover the dish with a paper cone so that the narrowed edge is at the bottom, but does not touch the liquid. The flies will fly into the trap to feast on the sweets, but will not be able to get out. Instead of syrup, honey or jam is suitable, and instead of a cone, plastic film with a small hole is suitable.
- Leave a small amount of beer at the bottom of the bottle; this smell also attracts insects that will not get out through the narrow neck and drown.
- Mix sweet sugar syrup with hot pepper. Having tasted such a treat, uninvited guests will die a few days later.
What is known about flies
Since ancient times, with the onset of spring, omnipresent living creatures everywhere accompany people's household and economic activities. City flies are not able to survive in the wild. Often people themselves provoke the spread of small pests throughout the apartment, creating favorable conditions for unsafe insects.
Where do insects come from in the house?
- When the trash can is uncovered and the floor is strewn with crumbs and spilled drinks, the apartment is attacked by hordes of flies. They freely penetrate through the cracks of loosely closed windows and doors, accumulating on dirty dishes and unclosed food debris.
- In secluded places where it is warm and damp, harmful insects prefer to reproduce, actively laying eggs. After 10-12 days, the offspring that have seen the light are ready for reproduction, then it will become difficult to remove the flies. The source of constant moisture must be neutralized.
- The reason for the invasion of annoying individuals can be high clutter in the apartment. The lack of air circulation and lack of sunlight in a closed space create conditions for a catastrophic increase in offspring even in winter.
Interesting fact: Flying pests, which are able to enter an apartment even through the slightest cracks, can also crawl quite quickly. Intrusive individuals successfully overcome not only horizontal, but also vertical surfaces while searching for comfortable living conditions.
Flies enter the apartment not only through windows, but also in the form of larvae on shoes or things
Why are they dangerous for humans?
It is well known that buzzing insects are ideal carriers of infectious diseases. Flying into an apartment from the street, seemingly harmless flies carry pathogens of deadly diseases on their legs:
- dysentery;
- typhus and cholera;
- anthrax;
- gastrointestinal disorders;
- tuberculosis, parasitic infections.
Important: The fight against dangerous “neighbors” must begin immediately, even if one or two flies appear. The reason for the emergency measures is related to the ability of females to lay up to 2 thousand eggs during a short life cycle. A large group of infected offspring will create a real threat to the health of the inhabitants of the apartment.
Types of flies in central Russia
What to do if a fly flies into your apartment
When you don’t have a store-bought product on hand, use folk recipes to get rid of annoying flies. Products for preparing a simple bait can always be found in the kitchen, and after eating the “delicacy” the flies will begin to die within a few hours.
- Dissolve 2 teaspoons of honey and 1 g of saccharin in a glass of water to saturate a paper napkin with the solution. Leave the bait on the plate, soaking it frequently.
- Combine 5 teaspoons of soda with 3 tablespoons of milk, adding half a teaspoon of formaldehyde. Sprinkle the saucer with the trap with bread crumbs.
- Prepare a “hot” mixture from sugar syrup flavored with black pepper. Place containers with the solution in places where annoying pests accumulate.
From time immemorial, flies have bothered people so much that they have become the reason for the emergence of popular superstitions and superstitions. If a lot of flies appear in the house, the owners will soon get rich. But a fly flying around the apartment in winter foreshadows the death of a family member. To get rid of harmful creatures, folk wisdom advises performing a funeral ritual over a caught fly - burying it.
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Household devices for controlling flies
If you often have to solve the problem of how to get rid of small flies and other insects, purchase special exterminators. The devices have a number of advantages:
- complete safety for humans;
- 100% effective;
- compactness;
- aesthetic appearance.
The price range is wide, depending on the manufacturer, power, operating principle.
Electric trap
The insect falls dead from an electrical discharge, barely touching a screen glowing with ultraviolet light, covered with a metal grill.
Fumigators
The device comes with plates or a special liquid. If flies appear in the apartment, you just need to connect the fumigator to an outlet. Under the influence of electricity, the plate impregnated with fumigants will heat up and begin to evaporate a substance that is fatal to insects, but harmless to humans.
The fumigant has an elusive odor. As soon as the plate has become discolored, it is replaced with a new one. For large premises, several devices are purchased.
The best electric fly traps
A new product on the modern market is electric fly traps. They attract insects and kill them with an electrical discharge. The devices can operate from the mains, batteries, and even built-in solar panels. Some are more convenient to use at home, others are more suitable for use in the countryside, in open spaces. A common disadvantage of most electric traps is their high cost. But here it is worth taking into account the fact that they can work for a very long time, compared to chemical agents that quickly lose their effectiveness.
Chemical control methods
You can find fly repellents in a supermarket or a specialized store that sells antiparasitic drugs. Chemicals contain special substances that kill (insecticides) or repel (repellents) insects.
Raid
This is the name of not one product, but a series of products from one company. Fumigators, aerosols, and electric diffusers are inexpensive and help get rid of flies, as well as other harmful insects.
Raptor
The products are based on insecticides. The company offers a wide range of products to combat harmful insects - aerosols and fumigators (with plates or special liquid).
Mukhoyar
These professional products are also based on insecticides. In addition to aerosols and adhesive tapes, insecticidal bombs and gel are popular.
Dichlorvos
This is perhaps the most recognizable of the means. When flies appear in the house, dichlorvos is the first thing people think about, without going into detail about the types of the drug. However, they distinguish:
- Dichlorvos-eco;
- Dichlorvos-neo;
- Dichlorvos-universal.
All aerosols get rid of insects in the house; there is no fundamental difference between them.
Get
The drug is sprayed on areas where arthropods accumulate. The smell of the substance is faint and after a few hours is no longer noticeable. Naturally, it is harmless to humans and pets. But get is harsh with insects: after 5–7 days there are not only no flies left in a private house or apartment, but even larvae.
Agita 10 wg
The product contains a fly sex enzyme. This is a powder diluted with water. Agita affects the nervous system of insects and kills them after 5–10 minutes. Toxic to animals.
Flybyte
Granules with a yellow tint are poured into places where insects accumulate. Or an aqueous solution is prepared from them, which is sprayed in problem areas. The product rids the premises of unwanted neighbors for 90 days. Safe for humans and animals.
Minap 22
Milky, odorless suspension. Harmless to people and animals (toxicity class 4), effectively fights insects. You can completely get rid of pests within a day, and the first results are noticeable within two hours from the start of treatment.
Executioner
Under the harsh name lies a remedy that is no less harsh for insects. The liquid is diluted with water according to the instructions, and then the problem areas of the room are sprayed. The Executioner is harmless to humans, and also to animals.
Master
Microgranules are dissolved in water, after which the product is sprayed. The manufacturer recommends doing this entirely over the surface of the walls, while ensuring that the material is not damaged. After this treatment, annoying insects will die, and new ones will not want to fly into the house. Poisonous only to insects.
Calling the relevant services
To get rid of insects, contact a special company with a license to carry out pest control work.
The cost of disinfection depends on the region, the area being treated and the complexity of the work. A conscientious company provides a guarantee; if pests reappear, treatment is free.
Reproduction and life cycle
During her life, the female fly lays eggs several times, their number is about 100 eggs per clutch. For laying eggs, flies prefer garbage heaps and pits with waste, but spoiled meat or fish carcass are also suitable.
After a few days, a larva, a maggot, develops from each egg. The larvae feed, extracting nutrients from the environment where the eggs were laid, and grow quickly. After some time, the larvae pupate and then develop into adults, which can again lay eggs. During its entire life, which usually lasts about a month, a fly can lay up to two thousand eggs.
Traditional recipes for flies
If you don’t want to buy special products or pay professionals, use proven folk methods.
Vodka
The pungent smell of alcohol is unpleasant to insects. Fill a spray bottle with alcohol and spray any noticeable accumulations.
Essential oils
To make flies leave the room, spray the smell of mint, eucalyptus, lavender or lemongrass that is unpleasant for them. An alternative option is an aroma lamp. Pour hot water into a ceramic container and add a dozen drops of oil. The product fights flies while filling the room with a pleasant aroma.
Carnation
This spice, useful in cooking, will also serve as an insect repellent. Place clove sticks in a vase or stick them into half a lemon to enhance the effect.
Getting rid of insects in an apartment and private house
Large flies that accidentally enter the house from the street are caught with sticky tape, lured into special traps, or exterminated with a fly swatter.
But if small flies appear in the apartment, the source is first discovered and eliminated. Fruit flies are numerous and annoying. Having noticed the attack, they immediately sort through the root vegetables and onions stored in the house.
To remove insects at home, use folk methods and household chemicals. Use essential oils with caution, making sure that no one in the household is allergic to the substance being sprayed, and when using chemicals, carefully follow the instructions on the product packaging.
No. 4. Poisons
A fairly effective poison can easily be made at home from improvised means To do this you will need simple ingredients. Let's look at a few recipes :
- A mixture is prepared (1 g of saccharin per 10 g of honey). Paper is impregnated with this composition, which is then dried and laid out on the windowsill and in places where flies accumulate. After laying out, the paper is soaked in a small amount of water.
- Pieces of bread are dipped into small containers with a specially prepared composition: milk (3 tbsp), formaldehyde (0.5 tsp) and soda (5 tsp) and placed near the windows.
- Black pepper is famous for its destructive properties for flies. The following recipe is based on this: black pepper is added to milk, and paper is soaked in this composition. These traps are placed throughout the house. Instead of milk, you can use sweet water.
How to get rid of flies in a wooden house and country house
Outside the city, problems with harmful insects tend to arise more often. If the household has pets, vegetable beds fertilized with compost, and a toilet with a cesspool, then you shouldn’t be surprised: even if the owners are clean, flies will fly inside the house.
It is advisable to get rid of insects in several ways:
- hang adhesive tape;
- throw insecticides into the cesspool (only if you do not raise bees or fish on the site);
- prepare several traps with food baits;
- plant plants that repel flies closer to the house (basil, lavender, mint, tomato);
- spread on the windowsill or simply spread out dried geraniums, marigolds, wormwood, and bay leaves.
Folk remedies
There is no need to discount the so-called “folk” means of combating these annoying insects. In fact, in many cases they are very effective, safe and easy to use, both in urban conditions and in the country.
Vodka
The most accessible folk remedy is ordinary vodka, the smell of which repels flies. The application method is simple - lock the room where the flies have accumulated, but leave them a place to exit, a window or a window. Spray vodka in the room and wait a while, the flies themselves will rush to escape.
Vacuum cleaner
There is another method that can be called the dual-use method - using a vacuum cleaner. You simply turn on this household appliance at maximum power and collect flies. Just remember to remove the brush attachment, this will make it easier for you to catch them. This way you can combine insect extermination and room cleaning. But remember that modern vacuum cleaners can fail due to catching insects.
Hazel lotion
The same dual-use product - just in a different form - is hazel lotion. Prepare a hazel decoction, approximately 100-120 grams, regular table vinegar in the same volume with the same amount of vinegar (apple or table), and eucalyptus essential oil, approximately 40-50 drops. Mix all these ingredients, pour the resulting mixture into a saucer and place it indoors. You will see the result very quickly. This lotion can also be used if you are outdoors. Just lubricate open areas of your body with it, and flies will fly around you.
Essential oils
Essential oils are often used in the fight against flies, which, by the way, are also included in many products sold in stores. The smell of lavender, peppermint and eucalyptus is especially successful in repelling insects, but clove essential oil is considered the most effective. Use these oils as flavorings by mixing them with citrus fruits such as lemon or orange.
Flower sachet
A very effective and inexpensive way to combat flies is a kitchen sachet. Just instead of aromatic herbs with a refreshing smell, place a fly repellent there - eucalyptus leaves, clover flowers, cloves and laurel. Place the resulting mixture in several bags and place it indoors.
Prevention is more important
Contrary to the popular saying, the best defense is not attack, but prevention. There is no point in thinking about how to get flies out of your apartment if you do not take the following actions in time:
- hang a mosquito net on doors and windows;
- regularly wash and disinfect waste containers;
- keep the premises clean, wash dishes and laundry in a timely manner;
- get a fly swatter;
- darken the rooms.
Flies are annoying insects that are dangerous to health. To combat them independently, mechanical and chemical methods and folk recipes are used. If the problem gets out of control, call specialists. You should get rid of insects immediately after they appear. It’s even better to take preventive measures in time.
