My house is being attacked by flies

Fighting Hellfish

It's 20 degrees outside and I'm being overrun with flies....WTF? I keep sucking them up with the shop vac, and they keep reappearing.

orig_long red

it might be time to move all those bodies out of the basement.

Fighting Hellfish

I blame Terminix. I used them for a year, cancelled in July. they still came in Sept, and demanded payment. I agreed to pay them, but reminded them that I cancelled. then they came again last week. This time I refused to pay them. Those assholes probably planted some flies somewhere outside where they could easily get in. I'm only half-joking

RolandTD20Kdrummer

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

It's 20 degrees outside and I'm being overrun with flies....WTF? I keep sucking them up with the shop vac, and they keep reappearing.

Check the shop vac for holes ...hehe

Jwmcc

Flies are bad, but right now the plague in my apartment is mice. They weren't showing up at all in November and December so I figured it would be a nice winter, guess they're making up for lost time now.

Lizard

That reminds me of a guy my husband knew. He put down chicken shit on his lawn for fertilizer---in a few days his lawn was "moving" and soon he had TONS of flies all over his lawn!!!!!!!!!! true story -- crazy desert dwellers.

Fighting Hellfish

Jwmcc wrote:

Flies are bad, but right now the plague in my apartment is mice. They weren't showing up at all in November and December so I figured it would be a nice winter, guess they're making up for lost time now.

I don't feel quite so bad now. Thanks

Hawkshore

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

It's 20 degrees outside and I'm being overrun with flies....WTF? I keep sucking them up with the shop vac, and they keep reappearing.

Your place is more than likely possessed! :eek:

Poncier

Do you live in Amityville?

If the house tells you to "GET OUT!!", do it.

gobrowns19

The house I lived at in Middle School had the same problem. They would get inside the little thing that goes over your lightbulb in your room and would buzz around and I had no idea how they got in! It was at night too, and during the day it was so bad i would never be in my room.

The first time I ever heard Bugs I knew exactly what Ed was talking about.

The Juggler

Ruuuunnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

AndyManderson

Anyone ever see Joe's Apartment? That was pretty much my first place.

acoustic guy

take a shower.
I am sure hey will disapear.:)

WhiteMaleRat

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

I blame Terminix. I used them for a year, cancelled in July. they still came in Sept, and demanded payment. I agreed to pay them, but reminded them that I cancelled. then they came again last week. This time I refused to pay them. Those assholes probably planted some flies somewhere outside where they could easily get in. I'm only half-joking

try calling a local guy or spraying yourself. go to home depot and buy the best stuff available with a pump spray. check for any openings, cracks, etc. and seal them, especially in the basement and attic.

this is a good site for bugs:

http://www.terminix.com/information/pestlibrary/?fuseaction=category&pestCategory=Occasional%20Invaders

Fighting Hellfish

Thanks. I have sprayed for other bugs, but I wasn't aware there was a spray just for flies. I assumed that since they move around so much (AND FLY) that they would get around most spray. i have learned that if you blast them with Lysol, it fucks them up pretty good.

RolandTD20Kdrummer

This guys laptop is being attacked by kitty...

http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=2469928627183918026

PatrickBateman

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

Thanks. I have sprayed for other bugs, but I wasn't aware there was a spray just for flies. I assumed that since they move around so much (AND FLY) that they would get around most spray. i have learned that if you blast them with Lysol, it fucks them up pretty good.

WHen we first moved into our house (after closing of course) I was bringing some boxes into the basement and noticed about 6 flies buzzing around, then noticed the floor was loaded with little "brown rice" turned out to be baby flies and I vacuumed all that shit up....I was friggin pissed. I ended up tossing away all of the throw rugs that were down there and bleached the tiles. Once in awhile we get a few in the basement and a couple make there way to the main floor. The is some stuff from RAID- Flying insect killer or something like that and works well. If you get a good shot at one flying by, he will be on the floor in a few seconds.

failedpersephone

are they flies of unusual size???

if so - it may be a relative ala Kafka!

Cosmo

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

It's 20 degrees outside and I'm being overrun with flies....WTF? I keep sucking them up with the shop vac, and they keep reappearing.

...
I hate to be the one to tell you... I think you've got a dead animal in your house. Maybe in the walls... maybe underneath... maybe in one of the plumbing vent pipes.
Or... you got some rotting leftovers from last Summer's Picnic tucked away somewhere other than the refridgerator or freezer.

Fighting Hellfish

Cosmo wrote:

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I hate to be the one to tell you... I think you've got a dead animal in your house. Maybe in the walls... maybe underneath... maybe in one of the plumbing vent pipes.
Or... you got some rotting leftovers from last Summer's Picnic tucked away somewhere other than the refridgerator or freezer.

Funny that you would mention that. One of our guinea pigs died last week. But I buried in the backyard that night. I'm starting to think they're laying eggs or however flies reproduce, in a plant. They kept popping up in the kitchen, so I cleaned like a madman. I moved a plant into the bathroom, then they started popping up there. It's weird though. It's not like there will be dozens at once. It seems like one pops up every hour or so.

Fighting Hellfish

PatrickBateman wrote:

WHen we first moved into our house (after closing of course) I was bringing some boxes into the basement and noticed about 6 flies buzzing around, then noticed the floor was loaded with little "brown rice" turned out to be baby flies and I vacuumed all that shit up....I was friggin pissed. I ended up tossing away all of the throw rugs that were down there and bleached the tiles. Once in awhile we get a few in the basement and a couple make there way to the main floor. The is some stuff from RAID- Flying insect killer or something like that and works well. If you get a good shot at one flying by, he will be on the floor in a few seconds.

That sucks. Unfortunately, I know the feeling. This isn't our first bug attack. We've been in the house for over 2 years. last spring, when it just started to warm up, we got hit by swarming termites. They don't do any damage, but they're still disgusting. They show up in the 1000's. They swarmed for 8 days. It was a nightmare. I'll have to get some of that Flying Insect Spray. Spray down the bathroom and kitchen pretty good.

Byrnzie

I always found that vinyl L.P's were good for swatting flies with. I lived in a room in Brighton for a year and became something akin to a samurai when it came to fly-swatting. My floor of my room was covered with books and dead flies. Oh to be back on the dole again! :rolleyes:

Fighting Hellfish

They seem to have gone to bed for the night. I'll be putting my shop vac and Lysol away for the evening.

wolfbear

The only time we've been overrun with flies is when something the cats have dragged in is hidden and undiscovered.