FLY
Flies can become a serious nuisance, especially in large numbers, and are regularly found in homes and businesses across New Zealand.
Flies are generally found in organic matter, decaying vegetation, animal excrement, and stagnant water. Odours, such as cooking, can attract flies up to 50 meters from their breeding site and if the wind is right, they can travel several kilometres.
Some of the common species of flies in Auckland include blowflies, crane flies, houseflies, fruit flies, cluster flies, sandflies and blackflies Found throughout New Zealand, house flies are the most common flies in homes. The dark grey house fly can grow to 1/4″ in length and usually lives only 15 to 30 days.
Flies are major carriers of disease and can infest all types of premises. They are attracted to all types of food, including human food, pet food, animal feed, food waste and even faeces. Seeing adult flies is usually the most common sign of activity and a potential problem. Larvae may also be seen as they crawl out of breeding material to pupate.
Flies can carry over 100 different kinds of germs, including salmonella, dysentery, tuberculosis, cholera, and parasitic worms, so it is very important to get rid of a fly infestation.
FLY
Flies can become a serious nuisance, especially in large numbers, and are regularly found in homes and businesses across New Zealand.
Flies are generally found in organic matter, decaying vegetation, animal excrement, and stagnant water. Odours, such as cooking, can attract flies up to 50 meters from their breeding site and if the wind is right, they can travel several kilometres.
Some of the common species of flies in Auckland include blowflies, crane flies, houseflies, fruit flies, cluster flies, sandflies and blackflies Found throughout New Zealand, house flies are the most common flies in homes. The dark grey house fly can grow to 1/4″ in length and usually lives only 15 to 30 days.
Flies are major carriers of disease and can infest all types of premises. They are attracted to all types of food, including human food, pet food, animal feed, food waste and even faeces. Seeing adult flies is usually the most common sign of activity and a potential problem. Larvae may also be seen as they crawl out of breeding material to pupate.
Flies can carry over 100 different kinds of germs, including salmonella, dysentery, tuberculosis, cholera, and parasitic worms, so it is very important to get rid of a fly infestation.
Identifying a Fly Infestation
- Seeing small dark clusters – check your walls, light fittings, and upper areas of rooms for small clusters of spots/ fly droppings. Check other areas that you don’t regularly clean thoroughly such as the drains, drainage channels, and sub-floor cavities. Areas around the sink and gully traps should be monitored as well.
- Regular sightings of the flies – many flies buzzing in or near your home could indicate that you have a fly infestation. Seeing a fly once is normal, but if it keeps happening every single day, you have a problem. Flies love hiding in your gutters, rainwater butts, old machinery, and tyres.
- Maggots – flies like to breed in warm, damp areas. They lay hundreds of eggs in various breeding sites in and around your home. It could be in deteriorating food, waste areas, in excrement and other places. When flies are in their larval stage, they are typically in maggot form so if you see maggots, you can expect to see grown flies a few days later.
To deter house flies from entering or remaining in your home
• Keep it clean.
• Remove waste regularly, use sealed rubbish receptacles
• Clean up pet waste immediately.
• You can also practice good house fly prevention by installing fine mesh screens on doors and windows.
How We Manage Flies
Our technician will apply a treatment to external entry points and internal problem areas such as walls, ceilings, windowsills, and door frames.
Additional traps may be setup internally and externally such as aerosol units, smell traps and light traps. The treatment works on residual contact. The insect absorbs the pesticide by crawling over or landing on the product. The pesticide then kills the insect.
Note: Contact product kills flying insects when they land on it. It will not kill the insects instantly as the product needs time to be ingested.
