How to Get Rid of Blow Flies

How to Get Rid of Blow Flies

Because blow flies are attracted to dead animal matter and rotting trash, the first step to eliminating them is to locate and extract the dead and decaying animal or trash from your property or removing the receptacle containing rotting meat and discarding the contents in a leak-proof plastic bag. Thoroughly cleaning infested areas with bleach and citrus cleaners will help control the foul, decomposing flesh odors which attract blow flies.

Dealing with the remaining adult flies can be challenging because flying insects are one of the most difficult to control. Instead, contact a professional pest control company, such as Florida bug control. Your blow fly concerns will be eradicated and your home will remain healthy.

Keeping Blow Flies From Coming Back

An indoor blow fly problem almost always traces back to a breeding source, and once that source is gone the flies taper off. Prevention is mostly about not giving females a place to lay eggs.

• Tighten up trash. Use cans with snug lids, bag meat and fish scraps before they go in, and set garbage out close to pickup time rather than letting it sit for days in Florida heat.
• Rinse the cans. Juices pooled in the bottom of a bin are enough to raise a batch of maggots.
• Pick up pet waste daily, and keep meat, bones and dairy out of compost piles.
• Keep animals out of the house. Many indoor fly outbreaks start with a rat, squirrel or bird that died in a wall, attic or crawl space. Sealing gaps around rooflines, vents and utility lines prevents that.

Common DIY mistakes: Swatting or spraying adults while the source is still there, so new flies keep emerging. Removing a carcass but leaving behind maggots that already crawled off to pupate in nearby soil, insulation or carpet. Counting on a bug zapper to fix a problem that started behind a wall.

What a professional does: inspects to track down the source, removes or treats it, deals with the remaining adults, and seals the openings that let animals in. A follow-up check confirms no new flies are emerging. For warning signs, see blow fly infestation, and for animal entry points, rodent control.