Flies Flies everywhere

missyob · 28th August 2002, 11:24

HELP!

I have flies in my house. No this is not a joke, I am very serious, I have flies in my house and do not know what to do.

We did not have flies in GA. I knew what to do with palmetto bugs, but with flies I dont.

I called a pest control company here and they said use a flyswatter. Anyone have any ideas on how to get rid of these flies?

I also have bunny rabbits now. They are in a cage and we keep it clean. Could they have attracted the flies?

~ Missy

Bizznatch · 28th August 2002, 11:25

Flies have taken over my house as well, It happens here in August, its weird.

Cheezychops · 28th August 2002, 11:28

WINTER should kill them all.........KILL THEM ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!
mwaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

. - .... .- -. .... · 28th August 2002, 11:36

It's not the rabbits - its the climate. They're coming indoors because it's getting too cold outside for theem to survive.

Use common sense - don't leave food out, especailly sweet things like jam, or it will attract them. Also, use fly spray or one of those repellants that you hang from the ceiling. It might be a good idea to put on in your attic - they tend to congregate there as heat rises, so it is the warmest part of the house that they can remain undisturbed.

P.S. Why on earth would you want to keep rabbits indoors????? I can see it now - it's dark...3am....you need to go to the bathroom.... you reach down for your slippers..... and have your foot halfway up its arse before you realise that it wasn't a slipper that you picked up....

missyob · 28th August 2002, 11:42

Thanks for the replies. I thought I was being invaded by flies.

I cant believe how cold it is up here. It is August and I am walking around in a sweatshirt. Boy it is going to be a really long winter. I miss Georgia already.

ethan they are so darn cute. They have a big cage they stay in and at night and during the day they hop around. I am so in love with the bunnies!

We got them at a zoo in Virginia a few months ago. I fell in love with them right away. They are such sweet pets. They hop around and sit in your lap.

I will post a pic of them. They are sooooooooo adorable!

~ Missy

ctn|chrisw · 28th August 2002, 11:43

I put on the a/c...usually gets rid of them (oh yeah and I take a fly swatter and smash them all- MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

)

Lapikas · 28th August 2002, 11:45

Quote:

Originally posted by ethan_h
P.S. Why on earth would you want to keep rabbits indoors????? I can see it now - it's dark...3am....you need to go to the bathroom.... you reach down for your slippers..... and have your foot halfway up its arse before you realise that it wasn't a slipper that you picked up....

LMAO
Warm slippers

missyob · 28th August 2002, 11:49

Here is a pic of the boys with the bunnies.

Windude · 28th August 2002, 11:52

some people say my threads are a joke but this takes the cake.

maybe which ever bible character said it was wrong about locusts, maybe its flies, hmm tell us when the water turns to blood and starts boiling

Twilightseer · 28th August 2002, 12:06

Quote:

Originally posted by missyob
I called a pest control company here and they said use a flyswatter.

Don't know why but I just find that hilarious

Vie · 28th August 2002, 12:10

One of the Ultra Violet lamp things work wonders.

Bilbo Baggins · 28th August 2002, 12:13

We let our rabbit run loose in the garden and the neighbours gardens. she always comes back.

. - .... .- -. .... · 28th August 2002, 12:39

Quote:

Originally posted by ethan_h
I can see it now - it's dark...3am....you need to go to the bathroom.... you reach down for your slippers..... and have your foot halfway up its arse before you realise that it wasn't a slipper that you picked up....

missyob · 28th August 2002, 13:26

ethan -

That was such a funny cartoon!

Thanks for the laugh!

~ Missy

binary hero · 28th August 2002, 13:57

newspaper. rolled up. kill em all.

I live on a farm, and we get loads of flies as a result of the cows. Somehow, i have also developed a real fear for them (i had a couple of really bad nightmares about files a few months ago, and it started from there

), so i now frequently patrol the house, can of RAID in one hand (it is great stuff, kills anything living with wings in seconds, i would go into detail abxout the death - it can't be pleasant - but i won't) and a newspaper in the other (more...humane), ther trick is in the wrist action

. You can also try spraying RAID (or other, inferior anti-flying-insect spray) round the doors and windows, it is meant to deter them, but i am not sure how effective it is.

stttafffy · 28th August 2002, 16:50

my dads house gets invaded by flies, he puts up masses of flypaper everywhere, and they are usually gone in 2 days. the really beefy flies, though, roll off of the other dead flies that are trapped and use them as a launch pad to escape. so, every 15 minutes check for new flies and burn thier wings off. HAHAHA. another thing that works is to spray them with water mist and kill them when they are on the floor trying to shake the water off.

Trigear · 28th August 2002, 18:06

three words: fly paper. no wait, that's two.

we had a fly problem at work. the back room was literally swarming with flies. for a 5'x5' room, there must have been about 30-40 flies flitting around in there. (we found out later that a rat had died above the cieling board and that's where they were coming from)

but anyway, three strips of fly paper, hung from the cieling, and within TWO DAYS every single fly was stuck to the paper and dead. it was nasty to take down, but damn was that cool.

Jedi Gemstone · 28th August 2002, 18:49

get some Venus Flytraps. tht should help.

msteed_02 · 28th August 2002, 19:02

Quote:

Originally posted by Jedi Gemstone
get some Venus Flytraps. tht should help.

lol and if it's as many as she says it is... she'd have fat venus fly traps...

J. Burnaway · 28th August 2002, 20:15

We were getting flies in our garage. We keep the side door open all day so the dog can go in and out, so obviously flies can go in and out all they want too. We got one of those things you hang up - not flypaper, but it's a plastic slotted case with something inside, sort of a pesticide maybe? It has worked pretty good. I don't see any flies out there since we put it up, and no little fly corpses all over the place either. I think they hate the smell and stay away.

fish · 28th August 2002, 20:27

I get a fly invasion around this time of year every year.

It gives me great amusement to get my dad's shopvac and chase them around until they get sucked up (or that's just me..)
Anyways, tell corey, dylan and kyle that

Ethan: ..and why did you have the picture lying around ready to post in the first place?

Shenlong · 28th August 2002, 21:27

I don't get a fly invasion, just an ant colony invasion, even outside in my garage. It's fun to spray them with hairspray and watch them slowly die. And if they're on the wall, they stay there even after they've been poisined to death. Cool!

...then comes to the time when the walls are so dirty, they look like a connect-the-dot activity... How do I live with dead ants on my walls? The torture...

Spiffed · 28th August 2002, 21:30

we rutinely get invaded by fruit flies here (call it a lack of anyone using the kitchen), and the best solution i've ever had was to own two cats and a dog.. they spend countless hours chasing the flies and eating them... works wonders for infestations of almost anything, mice, rats, squirels, ants, small possums, racoons... i don't recomend it for skunks though.

John M · 28th August 2002, 23:38

maybe bomb the house? it would reqire the remove of the family and teh bunnehs for a few hours, tho. else, just hunt them down and kill them.

Namelessv1 · 28th August 2002, 23:43

Fire, and lots of it.

SSJ4 Gogitta · 28th August 2002, 23:52

Missy, dunno if it will help, but in the summer, my dad would take cotton balls and hang them on strings in the middle open doors to outside... it kept the flys out.

Im guessing where they see in a different color spectrum, and where they've learnt to stay away from bright white splotches, cause of certain types of spiders, they stay away from the cotton...

Just an idea.

Shenlong · 29th August 2002, 00:18

Quote:

Originally posted by Dawg4Life2K1
Fire, and lots of it.

If only had a trailor I didn't care about that's infested, I would...

Trigear · 29th August 2002, 05:05

they sell this white powder stuff at the hardware store that you put around the perimeter of your house before summer, and it keeps the ants out year round. we used to have an ant problem every year until we started doing that. now if only i could get rid of my AUNT problem...

Aeroe · 29th August 2002, 06:28

this topic reminds, it's almost wasp time for my pella windows. they somehow sneak between the rubber guards (whatsit?). that leaves them between the glass window and the screen. it hasn't been as bad since the first time 6-7 years ago. now it's only about a 150-200 wasps in the upper windows.

my summer bug dilemma:
first it's evil brown lady bugs, then the genetically engineered super queen bee, then black ants, then window wasps.

i sure hope i get something normal next year, like killer bees.

s1138 · 29th August 2002, 10:12

well...i cant really be any help..seeing as how i still live in Georgia

or i could just say "get some flypaper..."

. - .... .- -. .... · 29th August 2002, 10:19

Quote:

Originally posted by Jedi Gemstone
get some Venus Flytraps. tht should help.

They eat one fly - and take a week to digest it. She'd want a forest of Venus flytraps to clean out her house.

Jon Deaux · 29th August 2002, 15:56

HIYA MISSY!!!
Here is a link to a Thai website that has a program called Anti-Mal, which is supposed to use your computers sound system to run flies and other unwanted critters off.
The site, and the proggy have enough english in them to be deciphered without needing a translator.
Go get it at! http://www.thaiware.com/software/util/UL00724.htm

By the way, wotthahail yew dewin upair in Gnu Jersey?
L8R
T8R
Jon

OutKast · 29th August 2002, 16:53

I have an electric ring thingy. They all get killed when they go near

Print · 29th August 2002, 17:38

Quote:

Originally posted by ethan_h
P.S. Why on earth would you want to keep rabbits indoors????? I can see it now - it's dark...3am....you need to go to the bathroom.... you reach down for your slippers..... and have your foot halfway up its arse before you realise that it wasn't a slipper that you picked up....

Lol,

Print · 29th August 2002, 17:44

Quote:

Originally posted by Jedi Gemstone
get some Venus Flytraps. tht should help.

If you ever go to a store that sells flytraps, grab a pen or something and start poking the inside of the plant, it'll close it's "mouth" thingy. I walked into a store once and made all the flytraps close up - it was funny.

pixiefied · 29th August 2002, 17:49

i read in the paper the other day about they people just moved into their new home and was infested with flies.they were the ones that just fly in a circle in the middle of the room.they are "lost" flys.they dont know how to get out of your house,so they just fly in a circle till they starve to death.

Bilbo Baggins · 29th August 2002, 20:48

Quote:

Originally posted by blueprint_n9ne

If you ever go to a store that sells flytraps, grab a pen or something and start poking the inside of the plant, it'll close it's "mouth" thingy. I walked into a store once and made all the flytraps close up - it was funny.

Do you realise that you killed all those plants by doing that? They think that they have caught something, so they release the digestive enzymes, which means they digest themselves.

pixiefied · 29th August 2002, 20:51

those poor plants

missyob · 30th August 2002, 01:14

Jon- I went to that site, but could not understand the language.

Anyway, I have alot less flies in the house now.

I bought some flyswatters and made a game of it. It was raining here and the boys were bored inside anyway.

The person to kill the most flies in the house won a prize.

It was really close, They were within a couple of flies of each other so I declared them all winners.

I am going to pick up the Mario Sunshine game for the x-box that they wanted!

Have a wonderful day.

~ Missy

Aquila Blue · 30th August 2002, 01:21

Your bunnies are really cute missy!

28th August 2002, 11:24	#1
missyob Angel of Winamp Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The Winamp House Posts: 4,578	Flies Flies everywhere HELP! I have flies in my house. No this is not a joke, I am very serious, I have flies in my house and do not know what to do. We did not have flies in GA. I knew what to do with palmetto bugs, but with flies I dont. I called a pest control company here and they said use a flyswatter. Anyone have any ideas on how to get rid of these flies? I also have bunny rabbits now. They are in a cage and we keep it clean. Could they have attracted the flies? ~ Missy "Sex is great and is remembered as a moment in life while love lasts a lifetime." Quote from Chev

28th August 2002, 11:28	#3
Cheezychops Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Ohio Posts: 767	WINTER should kill them all.........KILL THEM ALL!!!!!!!!!!!! mwaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Computers may be twice as fast as they were in 1973 but your average person is as drunk and stupid as ever. The only one who's changed is Dro! He's become bitter, and let's face it, crazy over the years. He'll sell our children's organs to zoos for meat. And he'll go into people's houses at night and wreck up the place! Muhuhahahaha!

28th August 2002, 11:36	#4
. - .... .- -. .... Backpacking Moderator Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: საქართველო (Georgia) Posts: 10,098	It's not the rabbits - its the climate. They're coming indoors because it's getting too cold outside for theem to survive. Use common sense - don't leave food out, especailly sweet things like jam, or it will attract them. Also, use fly spray or one of those repellants that you hang from the ceiling. It might be a good idea to put on in your attic - they tend to congregate there as heat rises, so it is the warmest part of the house that they can remain undisturbed. P.S. Why on earth would you want to keep rabbits indoors????? I can see it now - it's dark...3am....you need to go to the bathroom.... you reach down for your slippers..... and have your foot halfway up its arse before you realise that it wasn't a slipper that you picked up.... Like my photography? Buy some here....

28th August 2002, 11:42	#5
missyob Angel of Winamp Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The Winamp House Posts: 4,578	Thanks for the replies. I thought I was being invaded by flies. I cant believe how cold it is up here. It is August and I am walking around in a sweatshirt. Boy it is going to be a really long winter. I miss Georgia already. ethan they are so darn cute. They have a big cage they stay in and at night and during the day they hop around. I am so in love with the bunnies! We got them at a zoo in Virginia a few months ago. I fell in love with them right away. They are such sweet pets. They hop around and sit in your lap. I will post a pic of them. They are sooooooooo adorable! ~ Missy "Sex is great and is remembered as a moment in life while love lasts a lifetime." Quote from Chev

28th August 2002, 11:52	#9
Windude Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: secret Posts: 288	some people say my threads are a joke but this takes the cake. maybe which ever bible character said it was wrong about locusts, maybe its flies, hmm tell us when the water turns to blood and starts boiling <<<will give head for food-stamps>>>

28th August 2002, 11:25	#2
Bizznatch Forum King Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 4,153	Flies have taken over my house as well, It happens here in August, its weird.

28th August 2002, 11:43	#6
ctn\|chrisw Forum King Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hell Posts: 3,309	I put on the a/c...usually gets rid of them (oh yeah and I take a fly swatter and smash them all- MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! )

28th August 2002, 12:10	#11
Vie Forum King Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Thoron fields and Duranium shadows. Posts: Crap mostly Posts: 7,960	One of the Ultra Violet lamp things work wonders. Member most in need of SpellCheck Lifetime Achievement Award Vie's Scratching Post

28th August 2002, 12:13	#12
Bilbo Baggins Wind Chime of the Apocalypse Join Date: May 2000 Location: The Forest Posts: 17,231	We let our rabbit run loose in the garden and the neighbours gardens. she always comes back.

28th August 2002, 13:26	#14
missyob Angel of Winamp Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The Winamp House Posts: 4,578	ethan - That was such a funny cartoon! Thanks for the laugh! ~ Missy "Sex is great and is remembered as a moment in life while love lasts a lifetime." Quote from Chev

28th August 2002, 13:57	#15
binary hero Banned Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 7,004	newspaper. rolled up. kill em all. I live on a farm, and we get loads of flies as a result of the cows. Somehow, i have also developed a real fear for them (i had a couple of really bad nightmares about files a few months ago, and it started from there), so i now frequently patrol the house, can of RAID in one hand (it is great stuff, kills anything living with wings in seconds, i would go into detail abxout the death - it can't be pleasant - but i won't) and a newspaper in the other (more...humane), ther trick is in the wrist action . You can also try spraying RAID (or other, inferior anti-flying-insect spray) round the doors and windows, it is meant to deter them, but i am not sure how effective it is.

28th August 2002, 16:50	#16
stttafffy Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the ether Posts: 1,059	my dads house gets invaded by flies, he puts up masses of flypaper everywhere, and they are usually gone in 2 days. the really beefy flies, though, roll off of the other dead flies that are trapped and use them as a launch pad to escape. so, every 15 minutes check for new flies and burn thier wings off. HAHAHA. another thing that works is to spray them with water mist and kill them when they are on the floor trying to shake the water off. In space no one can hear you scream.

28th August 2002, 18:06	#17
Trigear bear! Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 3,426	three words: fly paper. no wait, that's two. we had a fly problem at work. the back room was literally swarming with flies. for a 5'x5' room, there must have been about 30-40 flies flitting around in there. (we found out later that a rat had died above the cieling board and that's where they were coming from) but anyway, three strips of fly paper, hung from the cieling, and within TWO DAYS every single fly was stuck to the paper and dead. it was nasty to take down, but damn was that cool.

28th August 2002, 18:49	#18
Jedi Gemstone Major Dudette Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Wales Posts: 1,513	get some Venus Flytraps. tht should help. My Website Deviantartness Yay This signature was brought to you by the colour Red and the number 14 I'm A Purple Ghetto, So Follow Me To Sanity!! Runs Off I Have No Idea Where I'm Going......

28th August 2002, 20:15	#20
J. Burnaway Forum King Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: California, USA Posts: 2,537	We were getting flies in our garage. We keep the side door open all day so the dog can go in and out, so obviously flies can go in and out all they want too. We got one of those things you hang up - not flypaper, but it's a plastic slotted case with something inside, sort of a pesticide maybe? It has worked pretty good. I don't see any flies out there since we put it up, and no little fly corpses all over the place either. I think they hate the smell and stay away.

28th August 2002, 20:27	#21
fish Pretty Cool Guy Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Cle, OH, USA Posts: 4,847	I get a fly invasion around this time of year every year. It gives me great amusement to get my dad's shopvac and chase them around until they get sucked up (or that's just me..) Anyways, tell corey, dylan and kyle that Ethan: ..and why did you have the picture lying around ready to post in the first place? eh, heh.

28th August 2002, 21:27	#22
Shenlong Forum King Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: About 38°N, 86°W Posts: 2,905	I don't get a fly invasion, just an ant colony invasion, even outside in my garage. It's fun to spray them with hairspray and watch them slowly die. And if they're on the wall, they stay there even after they've been poisined to death. Cool! ...then comes to the time when the walls are so dirty, they look like a connect-the-dot activity... How do I live with dead ants on my walls? The torture... A very close Japanese friend I knew a while ago once said to me "Watashi no koto wo oboeta, onegai shimasu...Yakusoku?" I forgot his name though...

28th August 2002, 21:30	#23
Spiffed Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Milliways Posts: 921	we rutinely get invaded by fruit flies here (call it a lack of anyone using the kitchen), and the best solution i've ever had was to own two cats and a dog.. they spend countless hours chasing the flies and eating them... works wonders for infestations of almost anything, mice, rats, squirels, ants, small possums, racoons... i don't recomend it for skunks though. the road to enlightenment is filled with much dark chat, stat, and be merry The best of IRC PM's

28th August 2002, 23:38	#24
John M Puts the Cuss in General Discussions (Forum King) Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Cincy, Ohio Posts: 3,624	maybe bomb the house? it would reqire the remove of the family and teh bunnehs for a few hours, tho. else, just hunt them down and kill them. missyob made me post this.

28th August 2002, 23:43	#25
Namelessv1 Forum King Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 4,758	Fire, and lots of it.

28th August 2002, 23:52	#26
SSJ4 Gogitta Followed by Gnomes (Forum King) Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: West Virginia Googolplex: 10^10¹°° FB:/SSJ4.DominusDeus DeviantArt: DominusDeus Xbox: DominusDeus Posts: 7,011	Missy, dunno if it will help, but in the summer, my dad would take cotton balls and hang them on strings in the middle open doors to outside... it kept the flys out. Im guessing where they see in a different color spectrum, and where they've learnt to stay away from bright white splotches, cause of certain types of spiders, they stay away from the cotton... Just an idea.

29th August 2002, 05:05	#28
Trigear bear! Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 3,426	they sell this white powder stuff at the hardware store that you put around the perimeter of your house before summer, and it keeps the ants out year round. we used to have an ant problem every year until we started doing that. now if only i could get rid of my AUNT problem...

29th August 2002, 06:28	#29
Aeroe Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Assembly Hall Posts: 1,446	this topic reminds, it's almost wasp time for my pella windows. they somehow sneak between the rubber guards (whatsit?). that leaves them between the glass window and the screen. it hasn't been as bad since the first time 6-7 years ago. now it's only about a 150-200 wasps in the upper windows. my summer bug dilemma: first it's evil brown lady bugs, then the genetically engineered super queen bee, then black ants, then window wasps. i sure hope i get something normal next year, like killer bees.

29th August 2002, 10:12	#30
s1138 Alumni? Join Date: May 2000 Location: joja Posts: 6,932	well...i cant really be any help..seeing as how i still live in Georgia or i could just say "get some flypaper..."

29th August 2002, 15:56	#32
Jon Deaux Major Dude Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Ozark Mountains Posts: 850	HIYA MISSY!!! Here is a link to a Thai website that has a program called Anti-Mal, which is supposed to use your computers sound system to run flies and other unwanted critters off. The site, and the proggy have enough english in them to be deciphered without needing a translator. Go get it at! http://www.thaiware.com/software/util/UL00724.htm By the way, wotthahail yew dewin upair in Gnu Jersey? L8R T8R Jon "Nothing really matters much to me"-Freddie Mercury

29th August 2002, 16:53	#33
OutKast Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: London Posts: 368	I have an electric ring thingy. They all get killed when they go near 1.

29th August 2002, 17:49	#36
pixiefied Mother Trucker Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: in the forest Posts: 3,493	i read in the paper the other day about they people just moved into their new home and was infested with flies.they were the ones that just fly in a circle in the middle of the room.they are "lost" flys.they dont know how to get out of your house,so they just fly in a circle till they starve to death. "Well, got to love you and leave you, need to go get into the shower and rub my hard naked body all over with soapy bubbles, I'll be back later to carry on playing.... It'll take you some time to get over the image of me naked in the shower......mind you don't masturbate to hard thinking about it...." - Mr.Jones

29th August 2002, 20:51	#38
pixiefied Mother Trucker Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: in the forest Posts: 3,493	those poor plants "Well, got to love you and leave you, need to go get into the shower and rub my hard naked body all over with soapy bubbles, I'll be back later to carry on playing.... It'll take you some time to get over the image of me naked in the shower......mind you don't masturbate to hard thinking about it...." - Mr.Jones

30th August 2002, 01:14	#39
missyob Angel of Winamp Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: The Winamp House Posts: 4,578	Jon- I went to that site, but could not understand the language. Anyway, I have alot less flies in the house now. I bought some flyswatters and made a game of it. It was raining here and the boys were bored inside anyway. The person to kill the most flies in the house won a prize. It was really close, They were within a couple of flies of each other so I declared them all winners. I am going to pick up the Mario Sunshine game for the x-box that they wanted! Have a wonderful day. ~ Missy "Sex is great and is remembered as a moment in life while love lasts a lifetime." Quote from Chev

30th August 2002, 01:21	#40
Aquila Blue Major Dude Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: The Digital World Posts: 908	Your bunnies are really cute missy!

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