How to get rid of flies on the street and in the yard with folk remedies

In the spring and summer, the problem of removing annoying insects becomes urgent. They become active during the warm season and fly into houses through windows, crevices and vents. Before you start hunting for flies, you should determine the place through which they enter the room. Homes or courtyards must fully comply with sanitary standards so that no food and objects attract the sight of buzzing flies.

Cleanliness is essential not only to ensure a comfortable environment, but also to avoid the danger posed by dipterans. Midges can sit on any object, be it dirt, debris or rot, and then walk around the food of a person with their paws infected with a bunch of bacteria and harm his body. That is why insect control is an important event.

Dangerous neighborhood

Flies living with humans have become commonplace, they are even called indoor flies. Sometimes we do not notice their presence, brushing aside, we eat bread, fruits, on which insects have managed to mark. We think about how to get rid of flies in an apartment only when their number exceeds the permissible norms and begins to annoy. And the neighborhood is not so harmless. An adult female lives for about one and a half months and literally two days after hatching begins to lay eggs. Many - up to 2000 pieces in their short life. Places for oviposition are chosen "favorable" for future larvae - rotting food waste, feces, manure heaps, cesspools. Now imagine, having made egg-laying, a fly flies into the room. What will she bring on her paws?

Considering that the main source of food for flies is human food, they are carriers of dangerous intestinal infections, including:

• diarrhea;
• dysentery;
• helminthic invasion;
• typhoid fever;
• tuberculosis;
• cholera, etc.

As you can see, intrusiveness is not the only reason to get rid of flies and isolate living quarters from them as much as possible.

Note! The complete cycle of transformation of an insect (egg - larva - pupa - imago) passes very quickly - in 25–30 days. During the warm season, 6–9 generations of flies are replaced.

Flyborne diseases

Flying insects in the house cannot be ignored. It has been proven that flies are carriers of many pathogens of dangerous diseases. They contribute to the spread of infection, as they fly from one place to another, come into contact with various surfaces - with the sewer system, waste products, waste, food, dishes.

Fly-borne diseases:

• Typhoid fever, dysentery, paraffitis and other dangerous intestinal infections. They are carried by insects that have had contact with waste and sewer systems.
• Anthrax and tularemia. Carriers are flies that feed on blood.
• In the gastrointestinal tract of a person, miasms and worms may appear if he eats foods with fly eggs.
• Eye diseases, cholera, tuberculosis.

The larvae that have entered the human body and have successfully taken root in it can cause diseases of a different nature. They can affect the skin, genitourinary system, organs of vision, gastrointestinal tract. Insects are capable of destroying human tissue on damaged skin.

Why do flies strive to get into the house?

To paraphrase a well-known proverb, we can say that the wings feed the fly. Disorderly circling in the air is nothing more than a constant search for food, as well as a place to reproduce offspring. What attracts flies indoors?

1. First of all, decaying food and waste of human and animal life. First of all, the insect rushes to the trash can, to the toilet, to the cat's pot.
2. Flies will definitely land on available food. Favorite smell - meat, in second place in popularity - sweets. With this in mind, many homemade traps are made using sweet fermented filler.
3. Flies love the smell of sweat, stale linen, and dirty kitchen towels. There were cases when an insect managed to lay eggs in wounds and abrasions on the skin of animals.
4. Pets, especially dogs, are the fourth most popular fly attraction. The smell of wool plays a role here, as well as dishes, remains of food, which, as a rule, are always in the house where four-legged pets live.

It should be remembered that flies are susceptible to odors - the more unpleasant-smelling dirt in the apartment, the more actively insects inhabit it. They are also keenly aware of frightening aromas. Knowing them, you can effectively fight the insect.

The most common methods

Cleanliness and order in the house is the key to a comfortable life. No insects will want to live in a room in which they will have nothing to profit from. Trash, uncovered food items, and sugary drinks are attractive targets for flies.

Note! It is recommended to get a pot of geraniums. Insects do not tolerate the smell emanating from a houseplant, and prefer to bypass the windows, so the likelihood of getting into the apartment through the window is reduced. Some home and apartment owners purchase special adhesive tapes. Flies caught on the sticky backing are restricted in movement and remain on the tape.

It is much more difficult to carry out procedures to combat midges on the street. In the yard, the insects are provided with spacious conditions, so they can hide and fly wherever their heart desires. Nevertheless, there are methods to scare away annoying Diptera. Tomatoes can be planted on the site. The smell of green sprouts is unpleasant to flies, so they are rarely seen in a greenhouse. You should also equip the house, gazebo or veranda with mosquito nets. Small openings that allow air to pass through will keep flies from seeping in.

It is important to remember that the street is the most convenient environment for gnats. You need to check your yard for the presence of dirt, dumpsters and various pits and piles. It is best to get rid of them, because these are the objects that are popular with Diptera. Cesspools and toilets should be treated with chlorine lime. In a private house, you can coat the window frames with vinegar, and the floor with turpentine mastic.

It's easier to warn than to win

In most cases, we first "invite" ourselves, and then look for ways to get rid of flies in the apartment. You need to start by protecting the premises. We recommend carrying out prevention in two directions - blocking access to insects and eliminating sources that attract them. Here are activities that will significantly reduce the number of annoying neighbors.

• Install mosquito nets on the windows, and special curtains on the open veranda doors.
• Keep the apartment clean, especially the kitchen. Always clean or cover food, even fruit or candy. No clutter in the sink - wash immediately after eating.
• Keep trash cans closed and wash them often with disinfectants. Take out the trash every day, keeping odor out of the room.
• Do not put spoiled meat or fish cleaners in the trash bin, throw it straight into the chute or compost heap.
• Wash pets' dishes daily.Do not leave leftover food in the bowl.
• Purchase a laundry basket. You can't even imagine how attractive the smell of unwashed socks is to flies!
• Set up compost heaps and food waste pits away from home. If possible, cover them with lids.

Dealing with insects is more difficult if you breed poultry, rabbits or livestock, as well as getting rid of flies in an outdoor toilet.

• Place manure heaps as far away from living quarters as possible.
• Keep the toilet point and cesspool closed. Sprinkle the contents of the bin with bleach from time to time.

What is a fly and how does it get into your apartment

Flies are small insects that can not only irritate with their buzzing and flying around households, but can also seriously harm health by carrying various infectious diseases and infections.

A fly can get into a city apartment in only two ways. The first is open windows, doors, and a ventilation shaft. Due to their speed, flies are able to get into the apartment unnoticed until you have time to close the door behind you.

The second way - together with infected fruits and vegetables, as well as flowers (potted or bouquet). Flies often lay their eggs in plant materials. After a while, many flies are born from such eggs. If you are unlucky enough to accidentally bring an infected fruit or vegetable into your house, then you will be surprised how quickly the number of flies in the house increased from zero to ten or more. This happens most often in spring and summer.

In the cold season, the fly is attracted to the apartment warm. In winter, the inhabitants of the lower floors suffer the most from the ingress of parasites into the house. The proximity of a damp basement (and in some cases, garbage chutes) makes their housing the most comfortable habitat and breeding ground for flies.

Risk factors

You may notice that in some apartments there are no flies at all, and in others these flying parasites are unmeasured. What attracts a fly besides warmth?

The answer is simple - the "flavor" of food waste. Flies love the smell of food starting to rot most of all. In the trash can, this smell is emitted, as a rule, by the skins and skins from vegetables and fruits. Discarded meat leftovers, dried food are also a strong temptation for flies.

Banana peel is a typical waste that attracts flies with its scent.

High humidity can also be the reason why flies prefer your apartment to others. Try to reduce the humidity level by using an air conditioner, split system or heater.

Table: methods of dealing with different types of flies

Drosophila (fruit flies, wine flies)	They are best destroyed by depriving them of food. Immediately after use, put all vegetables and fruits in the refrigerator, do not leave any food in the free access - and after a week the flies will die by themselves without food.
Carrot	Carrot flies, despite their love of fruit-eating, cannot stand the smell of onions and garlic. Spread the peeled cloves and bulbs around the apartment, and the flies will leave the house as soon as possible.
Raspberry	Raspberry flies rarely appear in apartments - they are more frequent guests in summer cottages. Nevertheless, the case can lead a fly to urban housing. Then she will settle on houseplants. It is difficult to get rid of it, because the raspberry fly is very prolific. To prevent the appearance of a huge number of insects in the house, remove and burn all damaged areas of the plants. It is not difficult to determine their defeat - the leaves become pale or acquire a lilac hue.
Onion	Onion gnats often enter the house with rotten bulbs. They are also often found in apartments where residents grow onions on the windowsill.It is not difficult to prevent the appearance of such midges - it is enough to pour boiling water over each purchased onion. If flies are already in the house, use a chemical agent (Raptor, Dichlorvos and others) according to the instructions.
Iris	Iris flies, as their name implies, infect irises. Such plants are rare in apartments. However, if you grow irises in a city apartment, then the affected bulbs can be saved with a solution of potassium permanganate. Two pellets in one glass of water are enough to thoroughly process the onion.
Cherry	The cherry fly has a bright color, so it is not difficult to recognize it. She can get into the apartment with cherries and cherries. To prevent its appearance, rinse the purchased berries thoroughly with hot water.
Sewer (drain)	Sewer or drain flies are small pests that enter the apartment, usually through a drain. To get rid of them, the first step is to thoroughly clean all pipes. After the insects stop entering your apartment, finish off the remaining individuals with any of the fly control agents.

How to give uninvited guests a turn from the gate?

There are many effective ways to deal with flies. They can be conditionally divided into 4 groups.

1. Mechanical. It involves catching or exterminating the insect. These include fly swatters, all kinds of traps, stickies, baits.
2. Physical. We are talking about household appliances that destroy or scare away flies using an electric discharge, ultrasound, electromagnetic waves.
3. Biochemical. These are insecticide-based fly repellents (kill) and repellents (scare away).
4. Preventive. Distinguish between chemical and natural repellents that prevent insects from entering the room.

Consider the principle of operation, the pros and cons of the most popular methods of dealing with flies.

Tips & Tricks

1. Fighting flying pests will be effective only with the complex application of various methods. You shouldn't hope for one thing.
2. If there is a whole invasion of buzzing pests in your house and you cannot overcome them, then it may be worth thinking about using the services of a special pest control service.
3. All garbage cans / containers located on the site of a country house must be closed with a lid. The ideal place for the tanks would be a concrete or asphalt site. Try to get rid of street rubbish on a daily basis.
4. The land near cesspools and street toilets should preferably be asphalted / concreted within a radius of at least one and a half meters.
5. It is useful to spray composts and cesspools once a month (more often than not) with an emulsion of karbofos or use a soap solution with kerosene.
6. To protect your own site, you can use hardware traps or insecticidal lamps, however, this method is not cheap, and depending on the size of the territory, you may need more than one.
7. If there is a toilet on the street, then it is very important to constantly disinfect the cesspool of the toilet, because this is where flies breed. For this, for example, you can use 10% bleach.
8. If there are a lot of flies on the site near the country house, and there is no money for expensive funds, you still need to place homemade traps, so you can concentrate insects in one place.

Mechanical methods of exterminating insects

Among the advantages of mechanical methods of struggle is harmlessness to humans and animals. But chasing flies or luring them into traps, it is problematic to achieve 100% of the result. Nevertheless, if this is a city apartment, where insects are randomly flown single specimens, mechanical traps may be enough.

Duct tape

Coming to us from the Soviet era, but quite an effective remedy for flies is sticky tape.

It works like this.The strips of paper are impregnated with an attractant (attractive aroma), the surface is covered with a sticky substance. The ribbons are hung near lighting fixtures, in the kitchen, baguettes. Flying on the smell, flies stick and cannot get out of the sticky trap.

The disadvantage of this method is the aesthetically unattractive appearance of stuck stripes.

Light traps

It is a modern variation on sticky tape that serves the same function of luring and destroying. Only cute flashlights or neat screens attract flies not by smell, but by bright light. Inside is a sticky substance. Having got stuck, the insect will not get out.

Food Bait Traps

An effective fly repellant is a poison bait trap. It is easy to make it with your own hands from a regular plastic bottle. How it works?

A sweet liquid is poured into the bottom of the trap, to which a poisonous substance is added. The insect gets to the bait through the inverted neck of the bottle, but there is no way back. What can you cook for the "treat"?

• Add a pinch of black pepper to sweet syrup or jam.
• Soak a piece of bread with a mixture of milk (a quarter of a glass), soda (1 tablespoon), formalin (half a teaspoon). This bait can be simply spread out on saucers and placed in places where flies congregate.
• Soak the bread, a napkin with a solution of honey with the addition of saccharin. A glass of warm water will need 10-15 g of sweetener. Despite the love of sweets, insects cannot stand it.

Effective remedies for midges in the apartment

General cleaning does not always completely get rid of biting tenants. Sometimes more serious measures are required.

Insecticides

This is "heavy artillery" in the fight against uninvited neighbors

They are guaranteed to give a good result, but poisonous agents should be used with caution. Most often, the drug is purchased in an aerosol can

It can be Chlorophos, Hexachloran, Dichlorvos and their analogues. Their modern variations can have a rather pleasant smell, which is noticeably different from their predecessors.

Spray Dichlorvos Neo odorless

In any case, we must not forget that the drug is poisonous. Therefore, ensure the highest possible safety before spraying. The manufacturer emphasizes that it is not recommended to use toxic drugs in rooms where food is prepared and stored. If necessary, all food and dishes are put away in tightly closed cabinets or drawers. The surfaces on which food is processed and prepared are covered with dense plastic.

Pets are removed from the room. Before processing, it is advisable to wear tight clothing that covers the entire body, gloves, and a respirator. The drug is sprayed in the form of tiny transparent drops that easily fall on open skin, mucous membranes, and into the respiratory tract. This should not be allowed. Having prepared in this way, pest control is carried out.

The entire room is sequentially treated with a jet of aerosol, paying special attention to areas of accumulation of insects. After that, the door to the room is tightly closed, waiting 20-30 minutes

This is the average waiting time, the exact one indicated on the package of the insecticide. Then the room is ventilated, the open surfaces are washed clean with soapy water.

Household fly control devices

You can find many tips and recipes on the internet on how to get rid of flies using homemade gadgets. But the game is not always worth the candle. It is much easier to purchase inexpensive and effective devices for repelling or destroying insects. Their advantages:

• harmlessness to humans;
• 100% guarantee of room cleaning;
• small size;
• modern, aesthetically pleasing look.

Electric trap

This device is a screen with a light source, covered with a metal grating, through which a weak discharge of electric current flows.Flies are attracted by the ultraviolet light, but when they touch the energized grate, they fall dead.

Fumigators

The device, which has received popular recognition, is an electric fumigator for flies. The principle of operation is simple - from an electric charge, a plate impregnated with fumigants begins to heat up and evaporate a poisonous substance - vaportrin. It is absolutely harmless to humans and warm-blooded animals, but paralyzes the respiratory system of insects.

Arguments in favor of a fumigator.

• The device is easy to use.
• Long lasting, you only need to change the plate or bottle of liquid.
• The fumigant is odorless.
• A wide range of activities - flies, mosquitoes, midges, wasps.

The disadvantages of the fumigator include the rapid consumption of the plates. If the house is large, you will need several appliances.

Danger lurks in the legs of flies

Unpleasant insects are often carriers of various diseases. A fly, arriving from the street and sitting on human food, can bring any viruses and bacteria there.

Such a meal can even lead to death, because the habitat of flies is just right for the reproduction of viruses. Moreover, infection can occur not only in spring and summer. Flies in a wooden house in autumn can cause a lot of troubles. They carry typhus, dysentery, cholera and other diseases. The fly can bring on food and a strain of anthrax, parasite larvae.

Chemical control agents

If you need to quickly kill a large number of insects, the best fly repellent is insecticides. They must be used carefully, especially if there are small children, animals, aquarium fish in the house. Insecticides are produced in the form of aerosols, granules. Modern means, in addition to the immediate destruction of flying pests, have a prolonged effect, they prevent the appearance of flies after the treatment of the premises.

Sprays, aerosols

The choice of how to poison flies among aerosols is large. The most famous drugs:

• Raid;
• Raptor;
• Mukhoyar;
• Dichlorvos.

The disadvantage of this method of dealing with flies is the need for thorough ventilation of the premises after treatment.

Granular insecticide Agita

Among the new generation insecticides is Agita from flies. This is a granular preparation, which, in addition to a poisonous substance, contains a sex pheromone. It attracts flies, and after eating treats, they quickly die. Agita does not smell, has a wide spectrum of action - cockroaches, fleas, ants, wasps will additionally die. The preparation can be diluted for spraying or granules can be spread in places where insects accumulate. After processing the premises, there will be no flies for 4-8 weeks.

Note! Other insecticides have similar characteristics to Agita. Flybyte retains the effect for 3 months (once sprayed for the whole summer). Jet kills adult insects, larvae, eggs. Emulsion Executioner will destroy all flying, crawling pests in the apartment.

Getting rid of indoor plants from midges

1. Watering the soil in pots with a weak solution of potassium permanganate, but it should not be too concentrated, otherwise there is a risk of burns to the root system.
2. Watering the land with an aqueous solution with the addition of soap.
3. Watering the earth with garlic solution. For its preparation, it will be necessary to turn 3-4 medium-sized heads through a meat grinder and pour a liter of clean water. The agent settles for 4-5 days, after which it is used for soil treatment.
4. Burying orange peel in the ground.
5. Placing matches in a pot so that the sulfur head is in contact with the ground during subsequent watering. Once the sulfur is completely washed off, new matches must be used.
6. Placing 2-3 heads of garlic in a pot, cut into pieces.
7. Sprinkling wood ash on the soil is a comprehensive measure that not only removes insects, but also fertilizes the soil.

Sweet gnat trap

Natural repellents

There are many repellents in nature, with which you can both block access to the room and get rid of flies. What odors are annoying insects afraid of, how can this be used to combat them?

• Plant lavender, snapdragon, ferns, tansy, flies around your house next to the windows, front door.
• The same effect will be produced by indoor plants - geranium (pelargonium), myrtle.
• Fill the room with unpleasant flies. In aroma lamps, use essential oils of mint, eucalyptus, lavender, cloves.
• Sachets with these plants, dried flower bouquets will perform the same function.
• When cleaning the apartment, add vinegar or a few drops of turpentine to the water. The smell is almost indistinguishable to humans, and insects will scare away.

There are many effective preparations and interesting methods for controlling flies. But don't count on winning if cleaning your apartment isn't a priority. Sometimes a bucket of water and a rag are more effective than an aerosol or fumigator.

How to get rid of flies:

How to deal with midges in a private house?

Midges appear in the house for the same reasons as in a city apartment. But the situation can be aggravated by the presence of a basement, where vegetables and fruits are most often stored. To prevent the basement from becoming a constant source of midges, it is necessary to constantly “revise” its contents. It is better to remove vegetables and fruits that begin to spoil so that they do not become a breeding ground for midges.

For housewives, it may come as a surprise that the most popular vegetable is onion, so loved by midges. Most often, the bulbs are stored in a dark place, placed in a plastic bag, and begin to rot, and such conditions are a real paradise for breeding gnats.

To stop this unpleasant process, it is necessary to sort out the bulbs, remove the spoiled ones and start observing the correct storage conditions: keep the vegetables in a cool place, without high humidity, and ensure air circulation. Storing in the refrigerator will relieve not only spoiled food, but also the appearance of midges in the house.

What should be the further solution to the problem: at home midges, how to get rid of if the insects have not disappeared after sorting vegetables In the places where they are stored, put sprigs of basil, pine needles or cotton wool soaked in the essential oil of ylang-ylang, verbena. They will scare away midges, and without a nutrient medium, they will lose their ability to reproduce and die.

How to get rid of midges in the bathroom?

The bathroom in the house is also a vulnerable spot that can become a favorite spot for gnats. It would seem that in this room there is no dirty trash, rotten fruit, sour compote, and the number of midges continues to increase. They penetrate from the sewer pipe, where the ideal conditions for their reproduction are created.

To prevent the appearance of midges and get rid of them, it is necessary to disassemble and clean the pipes, if possible. A less drastic method is to use a blockage remover. A wide variety of types of granules, powders and gels will allow you to choose the appropriate option.

You can also use the folk method that has the same effect. To clear the blockages, you will need improvised means: vinegar, soda, plunger. The algorithm of actions is as follows: pour soda into the hole of the sink, then pour vinegar. After 15-20 minutes, pour 0.5 cups of water. If you work after this with a plunger, the effect will be more noticeable. Such simple manipulations will remove the blockage and prevent its appearance.

"Winter dream" of flies

Where do flies winter? Where do they go during the cold season? All flies experience unfavorable winter conditions in different ways, therefore, the wintering process in all species of these insects occurs in different ways.The state into which most flies fall in winter is called diapause - it is similar to suspended animation in animals, that is, with a period when the individual is simply sleeping.

At this time, house flies, like other representatives of the fauna, hibernate.

Their metabolism and other vital processes are slowed down, which increases the body's resistance to adverse external conditions.This feature allows them to withstand frosty winter days. The flies that are found in our homes are classified as house or house flies.

Scientists have found that the lifespan of an adult is approximately 1 month.

But many insects of this species are able to live much longer. Then the question arises as to how flies winter. So, to begin with, some general information. The female makes her last clutch of eggs in the fall.

Adults and small larvae do not die during the cold season, but go into a long hibernation. Starting from mid-October, you will not see a single fly on the street. House flies easily adapt to any climatic conditions, hiding in various crevices, window frames and similar places, which maintain a constant room temperature throughout the cold season.

Flies living in fields, orchards and vegetable gardens, like indoor insects, sleep in winter.

They also try to winter in the ground, but severe frosts are destructive for them. Winter hibernation in insects is deep and requires special conditions in order for the individual to wake up. Usually, with an increase in daylight hours and a certain temperature is established, which occurs in spring, the flies begin to wake up. After the long winter cold, the insect does not immediately recover. At first, the fly is half asleep.

After some time, they master, finally wake up and begin to live a normal life, and the larvae continue their development after a long break.

Alone, but very annoying

The behavior of a single fly in a dwelling can also tell a lot to a knowledgeable person.

• If the insect desperately rushes about the rooms and at the same time buzzes loudly, then a noisy scandal should be expected in the family. And this is not surprising, given that an unbearable creature is capable of unbalancing even the most imperturbable person.
• A fly not only flies around the house, but also sticks to its inhabitants, and sometimes even bites? Ahead - a change in the weather for the worse: cold and long rains.
• The worst omen is to spot a fly in the house. in winter
  ... She predicts that soon there will be a deceased in the family.
• If you caught an insect from a mug or plate, then this is unlikely to please you. However, there is a comforting omen on this score that promises a gift or other pleasant surprise.
• Another unpleasant contact with a fly occurs when it unceremoniously sits on a person
  choosing the most inappropriate places. Down on the hair - you will have to be separated from your beloved, chose the nose as the landing site - you will have to drink, got into the eye - cry, climbed into the ear - you will be mistaken in making a decision. If God's creation flew right into the mouth, then the omen warns that you must first think, and only then speak.

Despite the frost and cold, winter days are always considered a fabulous and amazing period of the year. Living according to the laws of nature, a person rarely thinks about the significance of natural phenomena. However, received from ancestors, winter omens surprise with the accuracy of predictions.