Flies in the house 24/7

Scooter · Mar 10, 2026

With the thaw upon us, it is almost time to welcome back my non-rent paying room mates....flies. Every room in the apartment has a tear in the screens big enough to let a brigade of the ****ers in and my land lady is a tightwad when it comes to fixing anything, so this is a ME problem to solve. Second floor of a barn-dominium on acres of woodlands.

I bought new screen that I will sew/tape/glue to the old ones to seal them up better, but what else can I do to destroy their morale and their buzzy little lives? I also bought "Play-doh" to fill in the gaps in the frames. Hire the local homeless to stand guard with Bug A-salts? Burn the place down and start fresh? Hire spiders, praying mantis and iguanas?

subybaja · Mar 10, 2026

Get rid of the hooker under the bed?

Scooter · Mar 10, 2026

subybaja said:
Get rid of the hooker under the bed?

She's not that dead yet. Still another week before the fluids start to congeal on the carpet.

Captain Call · Mar 10, 2026

Shotguns. Shoot em! :flipoff2:

Gtrplyr78 · Mar 10, 2026

Get that salt shotgun, do some target practice.
If you keep ripe fruit around they are the byproduct.

Floridaman · Mar 10, 2026

Fly jerky?

trampas · Mar 10, 2026

Gtrplyr78 said:
Get that salt shotgun, do some target practice.
If you keep ripe fruit around they are the byproduct.

Veggies too

Scooter · Mar 10, 2026

No veggies or fruit that isn't in the fridge chilling.

crisbee1 · Mar 10, 2026

crisbee1 · Mar 10, 2026

pump

DannyK · Mar 10, 2026

Close the windows and turn on the A/C.

crisbee1 · Mar 10, 2026

laser

Elwenil · Mar 10, 2026

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00I0G0JXE?th=1

V30crewcab · Mar 10, 2026

close your mouth? I would just tape up the tears in the screens.

Elwenil · Mar 10, 2026

Alternatively, it's been a while, but the last time I bought a roll of nylon screen, it was pretty cheap. It's a bit of a pain to swap in, but not terribly hard, especially if you buy one of the little roller tools.

subybaja · Mar 10, 2026

[486] · Mar 10, 2026

replacing screen is a lot easier than repairing them
it's just a rubber tube jammed into a notch, they make a pizza cutter looking roller tool for doing it, but you can use a tire patching stitcher wheel too, or just a screwdriver and patience

M92PV4U · Mar 10, 2026

Scooter said:
Hire spiders, praying mantis and iguanas?

Scooter said:
Hire the local homeless to stand guard with Bug A-salts?

Either option should be fine.

M92PV4U · Mar 10, 2026

crisbee1 said:
laser

trampas · Mar 10, 2026

[486] said:
replacing screen is a lot easier than repairing them
it's just a rubber tube jammed into a notch, they make a pizza cutter looking roller tool for doing it, but you can use a tire patching stitcher wheel too, or just a screwdriver and patience

non business end of a spoon

M92PV4U · Mar 10, 2026

trampas said:
non business end of a spoon

And since the spoons out you might as well have a bowl of ice cream too.

smurfblue40 · Mar 10, 2026

The pup will ring his bells to go out side. When we open the door for him to go out he will sometimes just stick his head outside and look around. Later he will freak out when a fly starts pestering him in the house :shaking:

Honky Lips · Mar 10, 2026

Aerosol can of pt alpine fly spot bait. Spray it on a paper plate. Also soak twine in it and hang from wherever. Or bayer fit spot bait is a gradual you mix with water and soak twine, etc.

frank c · Mar 10, 2026

The Zevo traps work okay.

M92PV4U · Mar 10, 2026

Aquanet & a bic?

smurfblue40 · Mar 10, 2026

frank c said:
The Zevo traps work okay.

We've had one of those in the kitchen for over a year. We're out in the country, it works well,

*don't waste your time on the knock off trap refills, they suck.

Ksand · Mar 10, 2026

I'll trade your flies for stink bugs

SomeGuyFromOlympia · Mar 11, 2026

Get rid of what the flys are attracted to?
as a kid we always had flys everywhere, but my Mom wouldnt get rid of the garbage. Putting Garbage next to the door isnt getting rid of the garbage, it attracts them to your home
As an adult I keep zero garbage around, ecpecially 'food' garbage, and I think I can remember maybe one fly and that one was just out in the shop. And it started to die as soon as I saw it and hunted to to its death

DRTDEVL · Mar 11, 2026

Living out in the country, I always deal with flies all summer long, and sometimes into the fall and winter, although I'm not sure how they survive up here that long.

I'd love to get rid of the manure in the fields that brings the flies around, but then it wouldn't be the country, would it?

We also have a pork slaughterhouse in town, so there are always millions of flies hanging out outside. You open the door to go in or out, they go in. We already had the first fly of the season yesterday... But they are way less annoying than those Asian Ladybeetles that have been getting into our house every time the temperature comes above freezing. Those little ****ers bite, too. :mad3:

arse_sidewards · Mar 11, 2026

[486] said:
replacing screen is a lot easier than repairing them
it's just a rubber tube jammed into a notch, they make a pizza cutter looking roller tool for doing it, but you can use a tire patching stitcher wheel too, or just a screwdriver and patience

Unless you have old-ass wood frames.

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