This is the same family to which bottle or blow flies belong.
Loads of flies in my attic.
Attic flies which are also known as cluster flies are insects that often migrate into homes in the fall where they hibernate for the cooler fall and winter months one of the best tips for getting rid of attic flies is to keep them from entering the house in the first place as trying to eliminate them after they are in hibernation can be difficult.
Apply insecticide to the outside of your attic to prevent flies from coming in.
Are those flies bouncing off my sunny window pane.
But i m really sorry to say it s been happening since i lived at home since 1993 so 15 years and they ve still not got to the bottom of it.
Cluster or attic flies are the genus pollenia in the blowfly family calliphoridae.
Fall months are the times to use a good residual sprays before they enter the building and over winter.
Cluster flies are also known as attic flies this name describes its characteristics very well i e.
And look more dead flies on the sill.
My mum has this problem.
Spray the outside walls of the building where cluster flies are likely to land and rest before entering the building.
Spray as best you can around your roof chimney eves ventilation holes etc.
As you sit in the window and bask in the sun you notice an annoying buzzing sound.
If you are wondering where all the flies are coming from in the dead of winter no less the answer is simple.
Every year between october and february she has swarms of flies in her attic.
These are not the same as the blue bottles that buzz hard against the windows in the warmer weather or the house flies and smaller flies that are active in summer too.
Flies that gather in roofs around windows and on walls inside in the autumn and winter are called cluster flies also known as attic flies.
For maximum effectiveness place a unit on each window.
Do this in the summer or early fall at the latest.
The more flies that get trapped the more pheromone the insects emit so attracting yet more flies.
Each trap will hold about 1000 flies and normally lasts about 2 years.
The tendency of clustering in large numbers inside attics.
What causes cluster flies in the house.
Prevention is the best measure to keep away cluster flies.
A cluster fly is very much similar to a house fly.
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Unlike more familiar blow flies such as the bluebottle genus phormia they do not present a health hazard because they do not lay eggs in human food.
Remember attic flies want to cluster indoors when it starts to get a lot cooler outdoors.
