Cluster Flies Extermination / Control

All windows, doors, light fixtures, cracks, and crevices are treated with spray (spring and early fall)

More Information and Tips on Cluster Flies Extermination / Control

• Outdoor insects that seek shelter indoors or in sheltered areas as the weather gets cooler
• Congregate in sunny areas
• Found in large numbers in sunny windows, patios, between walls, in false ceilings, basements, attics and any infrequently used areas in homes, garages, and barns
• Often worse in locations near farms
• Can number in hundreds to thousands
• Not due to unsanitary conditions
• Do not carry disease -mainly a nuisance
• Look similar to house flies but slightly larger with yellow-gold hair on thorax & gray hairs on the abdomen
• Sluggish moving
• Emit a buckwheat honey odor
• Leave a greasy, smelly residue
• Larvae found in bodies of earthworms
• Enter homes through very small numbers and usually return each year
• Often need to be treated yearly - in spring and around Labour Day
• Congregate around light fixtures and sunny windows
• All windows, doors, light fixtures, cracks and crevices treated with spray spring and early fall
• To control flies before treatment, vacuum all windows and light fixtures, empty vacuum outside and do not take refuse back into the house
• Preventative measures include caulking of all openings to prevent flies from entering your home
• For an Interior treatment, all people and pets must vacate the premises for 4 hours