The weather has finally warmed up here and now there plenty of super annoying houseflies. They’re way to fast to swat and have an annoying habit of landing on you.

I’ve tried Google’s suggestion of water/vinegar and a bit of dish soap in a bottle, but they don’t seem to go for it at all.

I’m up for trying anything, please make suggestions!

Edit: Thank you to all for your suggestions. So far I’ve tried the idea of spraying them with surface cleaner which appears to work well

  • HowMany@lemmy.ml
    2·
    3 months ago

    Fly strips work. They work even better after catching a few flies (I guess misery loves company!). They’re cheap too.

    The vinegar thing is for fruit flies or gnats - it doesn’t really work on typical house flies.

    Or… you could use a fly gun. … : D

    • CptEnder@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 months ago

      Warning about those hanging fly traps. I used them and somehow the glue got aerosolized and spread to every surface of my apartment. I never no idea how this happened but everything I own was covered in brown sticky dots. It was a mother fucker to clean.