How Do I Keep Flies Away from My Home?

Keeping flies away from your home starts with eliminating food waste, moisture, and shelter that attract them in the first place.

Professional outdoor fly control from Mosquito Squad Plus of Newton can augment those efforts by targeting problem areas near the source. Because a fly sneaking through an open window or door is aggravating enough, but having flies circling your patio, convening around garbage bins, and repeatedly appearing inside means something is there inviting them to stay.

You Can Make Your Property Less Inviting to Flies

Flies aren’t just dropping by to admire the beautiful landscaping. They’re usually searching for food, moisture, and a suitable place to reproduce. This makes areas with pet waste, garbage bins, compost, decaying organic materials, or sugary food spills ground zero for fly activity.

Start with the basics, like placing household garbage in tightly sealed bags inside bins with lids closed. If possible, keep garbage bins far away from outdoor living spaces. Rince recycling containers, clean up food spills when they happen, and pick up your pet’s waste often. Compost should be properly managed and kept away from doors, windows, and outdoor gathering spaces.

Moisture is another factor that could attract flies. Because they reproduce in wet organic matter, including damp soil, fallen leaves and yard debris, and manure, anything from clogged gutters to leaky spigots or irrigation lines could pose an issue on your property. Check areas throughout your property and close to your house to ensure that potential fly breeding areas aren’t present.

Keeping Flies Out Means Shutting Down Their Route Indoors

Flies have a real knack for finding one torn window screen or one frequently opened door by which they enter homes. General maintenance to your home’s exterior could help you eliminate potential points of entry. Take care of torn screens, replace worn weather stripping, and don’t entice them indoors with a door that gets left open a little too long, a little too often.

If you’re seeing flies in one area or one room, inspect nearby windows, vents, waste containers, and drains. Cluster flies can enter through the smallest exterior gaps, where they’ll gather in attics of hidden spaces if given the chance.

What’s more, different flies can require different solutions. Fruit flies swarming in the kitchens, houseflies around garbage, and biting horse flies outdoors are not exactly coming from the same place.

That’s where Mosquito Squad Plus of Newton comes in.

Our Fly Control Goes After the Source

At Mosquito Squad Plus, we know that you can’t have successful fly control without proper identification and a tailored plan based on where they might be feeding, resting, and reproducing. We begin each outdoor fly control service by assessing the property and locating these likely fly habitats.

After that, we’ll apply outdoor fly control treatments that target areas where they’re thriving around your property.

Looking for Fly Control in Newton and Surrounding Areas?

Put Mosquito Squad Plus of Newton’s mosquito and pest control to work for you. We are pleased to serve the following towns and the surrounding Newton MA area with tried and trusted mosquito control and outdoor pest control that extends beyond mosquitoes and beyond springtime and summer.

• Auburndale Fly Control
• Cambridge Fly Control
• Everett Fly Control
• Jamaica Plain Fly Control
• Newton Fly Control
• Revere Fly Control
• Roxbury Fly Control
• Somerville Fly Control
• Watertown Fly Control

Search for Newton fly control and call Mosquito Squad Plus!

Mosquito Squad Plus of Newton offers tried and trusted outdoor fly control, mosquito and tick control, and various outdoor pest control solutions throughout the Newton MA area.

For additional information, or to schedule your free pest assessment and quote, get in touch with Mosquito Squad Plus Newton by calling (617) 843-3602 or filling out our form here.

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