The roomie: "The good news is I killed a fly..."

Normally we get a few flies in the house (it is pretty much inevitable when you live in the country and have pets and children), but we do not usually have a problem with them. There was one year, though, when I killed a bunch in a day, and no matter how many I killed it seemed like two or three came back to replace the ones that were killed. This lasted several days, and I could not figure out what was attracting them or why they had decided to infest my house. I talked with several other people in the area, and I found out that everybody in the area was facing this same problem. The flies eventually went away and have not returned in the same numbers ever since, but I still do not know why they infested the area that year.

First few years we lived here in Vegas never had flys then we got the mayflies that bite grrrrrrrrrrrr now we have moved to a new house we do have a few that I have seen but not many

We do have it in the summer. The flies come in our house and land in the window. And they are so smart that they see the fly swatter. I was thinking that the fly paper would work much better since I do not like using an insectcide as we have a cat. I sometimes feel that having flies means that your house is not clean, so rather have no flies. But they do come regardless of how clean you made the place.

worse.i have a bro who will smash a bug against something and leave it there. one year i had a whole bunch of fly/moth guts to wash off,and boy was i pissed. i finally went off on him because it was disgusting.

We have lots of flies or even bug guts here specially in some rural areas who lived near the river with lots of trash, on the flea market there's a lot too. You know flies really love trash and if trash is everywhere you can find them. Folks say's it's a season of pineapple or mango here in my country that's why flies are everywhere. I'm figuring out how the bug guts sticks on her hair

I'm having a fly problem but haven't killed any. Cookie usually snatches them up and eats them! Everyone says this summer will be very buggy here because we never had a really good, hard freeze this winter. There's already tons of gnats. I rarely get flies in the house but I had 3 yesterday, the big loud kind! None this morning, I guess Cookie took care of them.

There is just an occasional fly here, but when I lived in the country, they were everywhere! I carried a fly swatter all day long. We once had a duck that practically lived on flies. He got to where he'd follow the fly swatter around. Bug guts are just part of it, although I don't think I've ever had them in my hair. I prefer to kill flies on the wall!

When we have fly problems I go over to Wal Mart and buy these hanging bug poison things. I hang them in the bright windows that the flies love and they die from them. I know that it is a chemical that goes into the air, and we are not to put the strips in food areas, but it sure takes care of the fly issues for about three months. Then there is the copper pennies in a baggie of water that is supposed to scare them off because of the bright shinyness. Have not tried that yet, but if that works so would holographic ribbons, I would think. I am repulsed by fly guts, so no, I do not want it in my hair.

LOL That's a good one!! As for flies, we had a hell of a problem with the little buggers (pun intended!) last year. We got some really good fly stips from the store downtown, and that took care of the, It could have been worse. The apartment upstairs had BEES!!!

I don't have a fly problem until late summer, and then I have two four legged fly catchers in the form of Willy and Khuay. They don't leave the guts behind though, Khuay only leaves the guts behind when it's mice guts!! ICK!! And he usually leaves them laying around at night so that if I get up to go to the bathroom I have to be careful of anything black laying on the floor. It's 99% certain that it is mouse guts and remains on the floor. He only eats half for some strange reason. I don't spray for flies or other bugs because of the possibility of one of my critters getting sick from it, and I am one of the critters too. I developed a huge allergy to pesticides when I was working at my last job. I got to price and stock an entire shipment of 50 cases of pesticides...I was horribly sick for several days afterwards so I went to the doctor and he did a blood test. It had dangerously high concentrations of the pesticides I was working with. Now I can't touch the stuff.

Flies have been in love with me the last few days. One day I swear one must've followed me to work. I had an annoying one right before work and then whilst at work another was just flying around me. I hate bug guts but don't usually have to worry about them.

Now how much bug guts could a little old fly have?..haha..yes as Spring arrives so do those nasty bugs..its like they stand at the door waiting for anyone to open a window or a door and they zoom right in..yuck..in the hair though..poor roomie..hope she got all the stuff out..hugs

We lead such similar lives, it's uncanny. Yep, every Spring we have an onslaught of those nasty she-beasts. (I say "she" since you're probably right and they're all female since they all seem to lay eggs.) I'm not sure exactly but every Spring we have them by the hundreds, all over our deck railing, stairs, everywhere. I'm assuming they're laying eggs in the splitting wood from our ancient deck that needs to be torn down and rebuilt... badly. I thought they were coming from across the private road where there is a cow and cattle farm (the one with the peacock). These flies BITE! I try hard to keep them out of the house but, as you know, the nasty buggers always find a way. I think they wait near the doors, ready to break the sound barrier as soon as the doors are opened. Of course, where there are flies, there are usually fly swatters. When they're swatted, they leave guts everywhere. It's become an annual thing around here that the ceilings and walls are thoroughly washed down in late Spring, when the fly brigade slows down somewhat and there aren't so many squished flies on the walls and ceilings. OH! I almost forgot the annual onslaught of those pesky fruit flies! It never seems to fail, I buy fruit in the summer and inevitably find a hitchhiker that made it's way into my house and multiplied. I DESPISE them!!! But, I've found that a combination of those sticky traps placed around where they generally hang out and vinegar in bowls with plastic wrap over it with holes poked into it work like magic to kill them. Well, those methods plus vigilance with a fly swatter. Of course, that means more bug guts on the walls and ceilings. I hate flies. I hope your back heals fast and you're feeling tip top soon!

That’s funny story! Congratulations to V. Flies I think that the cat boxes are attracting the flies in your place. We had a fly problem before that involved 1 fly; it was bothering us in our kitchen for 4 days and it seems that it was the same fly; good thing my Dad was able to smash it with his news paper.

She killed it knowing it was on her head? She's a braver soul than I.

A mosquito landed on my ankle last night and j use sat there uneil I hit it with my slow left hand. It left a bloody  smear on my ankle, so it must have been too full of my blood to fly away. I had to wash my hand and ankle but found no guts, just blood.