Somehow flies keep working their way into my apartment. I come home from work and there are usually 2 or so buzzing around somewhere. I don't know where they are coming from... I clean my kitchen after use and take out the rubbish whenever it is full (I can't think of anything else that would support flies... nothing is smelly or rotten). I've checked all my food containers and haven't seen any maggots or whatever. I suspect the air conditioner/heat outside may have something to do with it since they only started appearing in the past month or so. I put some fly paper up on the walls and it catches them, but does anyone have any idea where they might be coming from and how to stop them?

An odd thing I've noticed though is they are always pretty slow (for a fly). Lots of times instead of flying away when I try and kill them, they just kind of walk away as if they are tired. My cat probably chases them all day and they probably can't find food/water/whatever it is flies use for nourishment, but it might be related.

6/25/2008 12:32:25 PM

They could be attracted to the cat's food or pretty much anything that smells. I know we had a couple in here and figured out they were attracted to my fish aquarium where a teeny bit of fish food had gotten on the rim of the aquarium. They come in usually when you open the door because the air pressure kind of pulls them in. That's why you see those fans at the doors of lots of restaurants and food stores.

6/25/2008 2:09:45 PM

check the fly paper nigga, see what's stickin'

6/25/2008 2:32:13 PM

bury your child victims in places other than your drywall

6/25/2008 2:36:03 PM

6/25/2008 3:54:13 PM

stop shitting on the floor

6/25/2008 4:01:30 PM

I've got a few flies on the fly paper, but I'd rather prevent them coming in then kill them when I see them.

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"bury your child victims in places other than your drywall"

If I bury them, it means I have to dig them up every time I wanna eat something.

The flytrap is an awesome idea, the only problem is that if they do start to disappear, would the flytrap get weak or something due to lack of flies? Will they do alright on just water and sunlight?

6/25/2008 6:10:47 PM

negative nancy

[Edited on June 25, 2008 at 6:15 PM. Reason : sorry, dont want to be one]

6/25/2008 6:15:24 PM

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"The flytrap is an awesome idea, the only problem is that if they do start to disappear, would the flytrap get weak or something due to lack of flies? Will they do alright on just water and sunlight?"

i have a [venus] flytrap and it dis yet to catch a fly all by itself. i have to toss em in the box and close the lid before the lazy fucker eats one.

6/25/2008 6:21:42 PM

Try running drano down the kitchen and bathroom sinks. Sometimes unpleasant gunk can build up in there that provides a nice haven for insects. Also, do a search for food items hiding underneath furniture. I was royally pissed to discover some food rotting underneath the side of my dorm roommate's bed when I was a freshman at NCSU. It explained why all of the sudden we had ants everywhere and why I kept getting the shit bit out of me if I tried to walk across the carpet.

6/25/2008 6:24:38 PM

^Will do, thanks.


Igor, where did you get yours? Would they have them at a Wal-mart garden center?

6/25/2008 6:26:15 PM

i was told those things are hard to sustain

6/25/2008 6:28:10 PM

Is your apt near a dumpster? My friend lived above the garbage room and one time he had a bunch flies infesting his apt for a couple of days. We killed all the ones we saw and then laid down some fly paper and it did the trick. It was weird because one day there were about 50 flies, then the next, there were none.

I've seen venus flytraps at the Home Depot...

^^^That sucks about the dorm

6/25/2008 6:31:28 PM

Nope, I'm nowhere near a dumpster.

6/25/2008 8:50:05 PM

first off buy one of these: http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_6970_200328447_200328447

if youre concerned about them coming in through the vents, you can put up some mesh or something to prevent them from coming through. any chance theyre coming in thru open doors?

6/25/2008 10:00:37 PM

I don't think it is through the door... I only have one front door and it is too the hallway, which is inside. Meaning that if they were coming in from outside, they would have to get through three individual doors to get in to my apartment.

6/25/2008 11:09:43 PM

would this work http://cgi.ebay.com/Electronic-Bug-Eliminator-Inscect-Zapper_W0QQitemZ150079428413QQihZ005QQcategoryZ115770QQcmdZViewItem?refid=store

6/27/2008 10:46:38 AM

i live in rural wayne county. we used to have chicken houses in our back yard. there's hog houses all around here. we use one of these:



http://www.meyerhatchery.com/get_item_cvfs_country-vet-maximum-strength-mosquito-fly-spay-kit.htm

of course, it'll probably give me cancer, but whatever.

[Edited on June 27, 2008 at 5:57 PM. Reason : only 2??? i never bothered to count them in our house as a kid.]

6/27/2008 5:55:36 PM

So I happened to be at Lowe's the other day and I decided to get a venus fly trap for the hell of it since it was only $5. The thing only has 5 individual traps (with two more growing),but it is a fucking beast. The first night I took it home I didn't even see any flies buzzing around but it somehow caught one. The next day I came home from work and it had caught flies in all four of it's other traps and there wasn't a fly in site. I figured that maybe some flies would come back since all traps were closed, but I haven't seen any since. I guess either it ate them before they could lay eggs or the other flies can hear the screams of their brothers being slowly digested, and are scared to come in. I love this thing.

7/3/2008 9:54:07 AM