Hello! I have a horrible problem with houseflies. We live in the mid-west, and we have had a very mild winter. Each time the weather warms up a little bit the flies come into our house! Last week when I returned home from work I killed 278 of them. (Yes, I counted!) That is the worst it has ever been... but it's getting warm today and I'm afraid to go home. :) I have been taking the vacuum cleaner and sucking them up. I also have sprayed all of the windows with Home Defense. Now when they land on the windows on the inside they pretty much die within a few minutes. I want to keep these flies out of my house! Any suggestions??

Amylynn, Thanks for your post and know that we share the problem with you.

In fact, we have quite a string going on this very problem, so you might want to check it out.

http://www.epinions.com/msg/show_~threads/cat_id_~17/id_~5986/forum_id_~181/pp_~1#39249

Thanks, hope it helps,

Lorace

I am looking for help with houseflies too. I live in calif and we get them as soon as the weather gets warm. I have never been able to figure out how they get in my house. I had the exterminators out and they just say we water too much but I don't think that is it. We do have dogs and try and keep everything clean but my husband and I probably kill 50 each a day. Now today was real hot and we didn't have many but the last few days it's unbelievable. I'm ready to lose my mind, I am buying and trying everything I can.
Has your problem gotten better with the spray ?
kathy

Hello,

My most frustrating problem is how are these flies getting in the house? The doors and windows are closed and I will kill a fly and then 10 minutes later there is another one buzzing around the window. This can go on from 3-6 p.m. every hot sunny summer day. We live in the chicago area and NEVER had flies in the house until we had Central Air installed and I came home that day to about 50 flies... it's been 4 years since that installation and every summer, the flies come in the house several a day in the summer months, they appear to be "green bottle flies". This is driving me crazy since I can't figure out how or why they come in (they don't even go near any food or the garbage cans in the house - they only buzz the windows) but now that I work at home, I can't get anything done because I keep having to get up to chase the next fly...and the next one and the next one..
ANY insight at all on why this would be happening would be such a relief!

I have the same problem! Every year when it is hot, and particularly when we are cooking, we find houseflies appearing inside our home from nowhere (doors and windows are closed). We must have had about 60 yesterday! I keep thinking they are coming in through a draft diverter or a vent. If anyone has any ideas, I'd appreciate it as well!