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Hi.
Wondering if anyone can help my friend with a problem she's having with the attic.
Thousands and i mean thousands of common house flies, are in, and dying in the attic. Why they are coming in and how they are are coming in we don't know but you can hoover them up and within a week or so its covered again in them.
The house is out in the country and is about 10 years since it was built. Its a bungalow and there isn't another house within a 500metre radius.
Any ideas whats causing it? And how to prevent it.
Wondering if anyone can help my friend with a problem she's having with the attic.
Thousands and i mean thousands of common house flies, are in, and dying in the attic. Why they are coming in and how they are are coming in we don't know but you can hoover them up and within a week or so its covered again in them.
The house is out in the country and is about 10 years since it was built. Its a bungalow and there isn't another house within a 500metre radius.
Any ideas whats causing it? And how to prevent it.
Probably this; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_fly
Quite common in the country, we have the same issue in our house. Aparently they favour the same house year after year. We use 'bug bombs' and fly spray in the loft in the summer to try and kill them off but not sure how effective it really is.
Andy
Quite common in the country, we have the same issue in our house. Aparently they favour the same house year after year. We use 'bug bombs' and fly spray in the loft in the summer to try and kill them off but not sure how effective it really is.
Andy
jt racing said:
Thanks lads.
It's not a seasonal thing, it's year round strangely enough, and the attic is panelled so if something was getting in there and s
tting we'd see it. I think.
she needs to set a "smoke bomb" off up there.It's not a seasonal thing, it's year round strangely enough, and the attic is panelled so if something was getting in there and s
tting we'd see it. I think. The flies hibernate and as mentioned by another poster , they will keep returning .
Set the smoke bomb off now and the problem will at least be reduced , we get them twice a year , coinciding with when the adjacent fields are ploughed .
)redleader1 said:
They are cluster flies.... Take my advice dont waste money with smoke bombs... have it treated by a professional pest fumigator.
They are like herpies once you have them you will always have them. A proper treatment will reduce the risk of them being active to maybe once a year.
What ^^^^^^ said!!!They are like herpies once you have them you will always have them. A proper treatment will reduce the risk of them being active to maybe once a year.
Cluster flies will usually appear in autumn ready for hibernation and emerge again in spring! They lay their eggs by worm mounds in the spring and the return the following autumn. The adult flies would have pheromone marked your house so they will return again and again!
The best course of action is to have your loft ULV SPrayed every spring and autumn to knock down the breeding population.
Pm me and if your in my area I can give you a quote or I know pest controllers over most of the country.
HTH
shimmey69 said:
redleader1 said:
They are cluster flies.... Take my advice dont waste money with smoke bombs... have it treated by a professional pest fumigator.
They are like herpies once you have them you will always have them. A proper treatment will reduce the risk of them being active to maybe once a year.
What ^^^^^^ said!!!They are like herpies once you have them you will always have them. A proper treatment will reduce the risk of them being active to maybe once a year.
Cluster flies will usually appear in autumn ready for hibernation and emerge again in spring! They lay their eggs by worm mounds in the spring and the return the following autumn. The adult flies would have pheromone marked your house so they will return again and again!
The best course of action is to have your loft ULV SPrayed every spring and autumn to knock down the breeding population.
Pm me and if your in my area I can give you a quote or I know pest controllers over most of the country.
HTH
Almost certainly cluster flies. We get them in the loft and last year I bought Swak Pack (just Google that for suppliers). You get about 3 aerosol cans and a dispenser for £50. I set it up in the loft and after about 3 weeks they'd all gone.
Didn't bother this year as the aerosol leaves a slight residue (if you have stuff stored in the loft it's worth covering it) and it seems to have deterred them, however, there are definitely some up there so I'll probably have to buy some more.
Didn't bother this year as the aerosol leaves a slight residue (if you have stuff stored in the loft it's worth covering it) and it seems to have deterred them, however, there are definitely some up there so I'll probably have to buy some more.
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