I HATE HOUSEFLIES! DAMN PESTS!!!!

[Deja Q]

I wonder how the buggers got in... and, more importantly, how to exterminate them. Let them lay eggs in someone else's potato salad...

Glad I don't own a dog. OTOH, with no dog doo, making a trap for them will be hard to do...

[ironflange]

1. Get a cat

Then you'll soon be able to justify shopping for new lamps, drapes, etc.

[texanwitch]

2. The flys like to come in the door when open.

I live with people who were born in a barn, just stand with door open.

You might try the old type of sticky fly paper, it really works.

[Wcross]

3. I have a bit of a fly problem this year.

I have trapped over 1000 inside the house with sticky strips. I have filled 20 bait bags outside. I mean filled- probably 1000 per bag.
Why do I have such a problem? My only neighbors are cows. I thank God that their pasture is 300 yards away or I would really have troubles. Oh, the farmer next door fertilized his hay field this year with chicken shit and that may have something to do with it also.
I also screwed up by allowing a sparrow nest in my eve. Sparrows eat wasps. Unfortunately wasps feed on flies. Next year I will discourage the sparrows.

[dysfunctional press]

4. try this...

it comes in giant, and regular.

http://www.cooperseeds.com/pestproducts.php3?prod=giantflytrap



Giant Fly Relief
Purpose and Use

* Recommended for perimeter use
Insecticide-free disposable fly traps with built-in attractant

* Fly Relief catches thousands of flies; Giant Fly Relief traps twice as many
* Easy and convenient to use

* Excellent for use around pets, in the yard, kennel and garbage containers

[Wcross]

5. I use something similar.

I can get them locally for 5 bucks each. They do work.