How to keep flies out of the house
We’ve got 7 chemical-free tips from an expert to keep flies and other insects out of your home.
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We’ve got 7 chemical-free tips from an expert to keep flies and other insects out of your home.
It’s one of nature’s little jokes: just as our thoughts turn to shorts and barbecues, winged nemeses show up to spoil the fun. Suddenly, figuring out how to keep flies out of the house becomes our all-consuming obsession.
With a head start of nearly 240 million years on us humans, what flies lack in brains, they make up for in tenacity. It’s worth remembering that when feeling frustratingly outwitted by a fly.
Ideally, we’d want flies to leave our home of their own volition. No one wants to harm a living creature – at the end of the day, even flies have a meaningful role to play in the circle of life.
Sadly though, their buzzing isn’t the worst of it. Flies also have a nasty habit of transmitting diseases such as salmonella and E.coli, according to the Entomological Society of America. To cut a long story short, we want any flies out of our homes and away from our meals, fast. If your sole strategy for getting them gone involves chasing each of them from room to room and loudly pleading for them to leave, then we’ve got you covered.
This handy guide is simply buzzing with expert tips from Fantastic Services pest control specialist Iliyan Andreev.
We will arm you with the knowledge you need to keep flies out of your home and out of your hair all summer long.
Andreev says: “Take a tall glass and put two fingers of vinegar inside. Add a few drops of washing-up liquid and cover the glass with plastic wrap. Secure the topping with a rubber band and poke some holes in the plastic so that flies can get in.
“Flies will be attracted to the vinegar and enter the glass through the holes in the plastic. However, once they try to land on the vinegar and have some of it, the soap will trap them.”
We have to admit, there’s something seriously fascinating about a plant that will happily chow down on an insect now and then. Your flesh-eating plant is sure to ignite a love of natural science in any small person in your life.
There is also good chance you too will delight in seeing a fly whizzing into your home on the off chance that you get to see your prized predatory plant in action.
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