Houseflies

[MrsK]

I have two flies living in my kitchen (at least I think/hope there are only two). They've been driving me nuts and I cannot get rid of them. What do you recommend? Other than Raid? I'd prefer not to spray insecticide where my children eat.

[Pollyanna]

Fly swatter?

[MrsK]

Tried it. I'm hoping for some clever home remedy.

[Pollyanna]

Tried it. I'm hoping for some clever home remedy.

You just can't catch them with the swatter? You can set out a few cups of water. Some people try bags of water with pennies in it. I'd just lay in wait, lol. Oh, you can get them with hairspray then get 'em with the swatter

[diggitydot]

I know they're ugly as sin, but those hanging fly paper twirly things work alarmingly well. Maybe it will allow you to avoid introducing any more chemicals than necessary into the house and also prevent the KBoys from "accidentally" sticking themselves (or each other) to fly paper whenever you try to sneak 30 seconds to use the bathroom?

[MrsK]

I know they're ugly as sin, but those hanging fly paper twirly things work alarmingly well. Maybe it will allow you to avoid introducing any more chemicals than necessary into the house and also prevent the KBoys from "accidentally" sticking themselves (or each other) to fly paper whenever you try to sneak 30 seconds to use the bathroom?

No kidding. During those 30 seconds today, K1 unspooled and flushed two rolls of TP down the toilet in the bathroom attached to his bedroom. He was supposed to be napping.

[scrub-jay]

I set my 3-year old loose with a fly swatter...YMMV. But yea, the flies just showed up a few days ago and are everywhere!

[Michele]

PTSD from my fly infestation last year. Ugh.

They slow down after a day or two and are easy to swat into a cup of water with a drop of dish soap to break the surface tension.

[MrsK]

Ugh! I just discovered where they are coming from and there are a lot more than two. The window that broke in the hail storm last May. The one that our landlord hasn't fixed because he's likely waiting until we move out. Oh, I'm so pissed.

[alison]

Get a fly zapper. Electocute those mofos. It's shaped like a fly swatter but takes batteries. That's what we have.

[ladymoreta]

It sounds harder, but I have better luck swatting them in the air. I think they almost always see the swatted coming when they're standing still, but they can't get away as fast in the air.