Flies On Roof

The tendency of clustering in large numbers inside attics.

Flies on roof. 7 don t destroy all the spider webs outdoors. 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. A female fly can lay about 120 eggs at a time so it is important to get rid of them as soon as you notice flies in your home. Remember attic flies want to cluster indoors when it starts to get a lot cooler outdoors.

Keep flies off your porch with preventative methods. Put a few drops of fly repellant oil in an essential oil diffuser and place it in a room where flies are a problem. Spiders eat flies but if you destroy their webs the flies lose a natural predator. Cluster flies are also known as attic flies.

Cluster flies are common in the loft and attic spaces of homes and business premises. When at rest the drain fly folds its wings over the body in a characteristic roof like manner. Use an essential oil spray to treat areas where flies gather. Drain fly larvae are not longer than 4 to 10 mm when fully mature and they are slender with a dark strip on the back or dorsal area.

Apply insecticide to the outside of your attic to prevent flies from coming in. The warmth generated here means that flies are naturally drawn into these cavities and voids particularly during the months of october and november where they congregate in groups or clusters. Drain flies measure about 1 5 to 5 mm long. Cluster fly larvae develop inside earthworms living in the ground outside of homes.

Cluster or attic flies are the genus pollenia in the blowfly family calliphoridae. This is the same family to which bottle or blow flies belong. 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. Basil elderberry lavender mint and false indigo.

Do this in the summer or early fall at the latest. This name describes its characteristics very well i e. Spray as best you can around your roof chimney eves ventilation holes etc. A cluster fly is very much similar to a house fly.

Cluster flies come from the calliphoridae family. Eliminate the attractions on your porch and you eliminate the flies. 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. Porches provide a place to relax and enjoy a cool breeze during the hot summer months until the flies show up.