How to get rid of horse flies in the house?
Summary
Dealing with horse flies can be frustrating, and our forum users have explored various methods for managing them. From traps to sanitation practices, there are several approaches you can consider. However, it's worth noting that complete eradication might be challenging, and some solutions may affect other insects as well. Here's what our forum users are saying about how to get rid of horse flies in the house:
Our forum users suggest these methods to get rid of horse flies:
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Fly Traps: Fly traps can be effective if placed strategically. One user suggests using sticky tapes to catch flies, while another recommends traps designed for carrion/manure/meat-eating flies and wasps. It's important to place these traps in warm, sunny locations away from high-traffic areas due to the odor they can emit.
- "She put those curly stickly tapes up inside the house and they were always full of flies." -- Bee Bliss, Beesource.com
- "there are also no-pesticide fly traps for carrion/manure/meat eating wasps and flies. They work pretty well, although the results are not for the squeamish to dispose of." -- DeeAnna, Beesource.com
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Fly Bait: Fly bait can be used in stables or areas with horse flies. One user recommends Maxforce fly bait. -- bug-guy, Lawnsite.com
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Good Sanitation: Maintaining a high level of sanitation can help reduce fly populations. This includes removing debris, trash cans, soda cans, and anything else that might attract flies. -- PestPro, Lawnsite.com
- "Try and keep your sanitation a a high level. Move debris, trash cans. soda cans, anything that will attact flies." -- PestPro, Lawnsite.com
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Natural Predators: Introducing natural predators like chickens or bats can help control fly populations. Chickens eat fly larvae in manure, while bats consume a large number of insects each night. -- Apiator, Beesource.com
- "Chickens will scratch up manure and eat fly larvae." -- Apiator, Beesource.com
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Bottle Traps: You can create a bottle trap using a plastic soda bottle with hamburger or wet cat food inside to attract flies. The flies can enter but not exit, eventually drowning in the water. -- clintonbemrose, Beesource.com
- "Maybe try a plastic soda bottle trap with a bit of hamburger in there where they can get in, but not get out." -- Bee Bliss, Beesource.com
Post Mentions
- Oh, I forgot ... there are also no-pesticide fly traps for carrion/manure/meat eating wasps and flies. They work pretty well, although the results are not for the squeamish to dispose of. I use this product ... http://tinyurl.com/3cvhfb9 ... but this alternative would also work fine ...
- 1) Chickens will scratch up manure and eat fly larvae. 2) Dung beetles fairly quickly eliminate manure from the soil surface, reducing places for flies to lay eggs, and 3) bats. They eat their own body weight in bugs every night, and don't wake up til after your bees are safely tucked away for...
- My aunt lived in the country and had lots of flies get into her house. It was maddening. She put those curly stickly tapes up inside the house and they were always full of flies. Not sure if this would attract bees. I think key to this is getting the neighbor to do something also. Surely he...
- First find any chemical that is labeled for the control of House Flies. I have had this problems in fast food places, Mixed up some of the chemicall in a small pan (pot pie container). Get aa sponge and wipe down along all the windows, and any place the flies might land on. Try and keep your...
- maxforce makes a fly bait that i've seen peolpe with horses use in the stables other than that i've seen fly glue strips that come with a pheromone(spelling)
- Anything that will kill flies will kill bees also. In the old days they had a bottle trap for yellow jackets that had water, wet catfood that was stinky that drew in flies and yellow jackets that all eat meat. They could not exit the bottle and would fall into the water and dround. I have seen...
- Nothing will get rid of them all. I have horses in the same pasture as my hives (with the hives fenced). I bought some of the parasitic wasps. Don't remember where now, but they seem to still be around. However they don't put that big of a dent in the fly population. I'm sure they do kill some.
- Well you could just help him out with the flies:) If you go to Arbico Organics Facebook page you can get a code for free shipment of fly eliminators. ARBICO Organics Fly Eliminators Free Trial Offer <---- Name of The facebook page.
- When I was a child, my grandfather had a farm and flies everywhere. We could go to the outhouse only at noon. During this time we had all the flies in the kitchen.
- It ain't easy, and when you do it's difficult to control them. Hence this thread.
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