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darkmaian23
07/19/22 7:28:43 PM
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A dead squirrel near my house produced a crop of the largest, toughest, most aggressive blow flies I've ever seen. Each takes at least two full swings of a swatter to kill, and sometimes a third and a squeeze for good measure. I've been killing at least 10 per day, and they come in waves. I can't reach up high, so I have to wait for them to come within striking distance. Get them every Summer, but not like this. I've been having dark fantasies of a fly equivalent of ant poison, but alas, no such thing exists. I've been meaning to do some baking, but I really can't under the circumstances.

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Anony1125
07/19/22 7:29:33 PM
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uhhh, flypaper maybe?

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Ratchetrockon
07/19/22 7:30:14 PM
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Get one of those salt shotguns. Idk if its effective at killing swarms but its prob fun

https://youtu.be/EesfhOGt9Kk

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MedeaLysistrata
07/19/22 7:31:45 PM
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If you blast them with a spray bottle of glass cleaner they usually go down fast, and it's hard to miss with it.

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Ratchetrockon
07/19/22 7:32:10 PM
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Oh get an electric fly swatter too. I used to have one. It works. I accidently shocked myself too one time

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Agent_Stroud
07/19/22 7:32:35 PM
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Ratchetrockon posted...
Get one of those salt shotguns. Idk if its effective at killing swarms but its prob fun

https://youtu.be/EesfhOGt9Kk

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Guide
07/19/22 7:32:58 PM
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spraycan flamethrower

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HovaRex
07/19/22 7:32:59 PM
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Just leave out a cheap glass of wine. They all kill themselves in it.

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modena
07/19/22 7:33:31 PM
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HovaRex posted...
Just leave out a cheap glass of wine. They all kill themselves in it.
Hahah...true

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unclekoolaid73
07/19/22 7:33:37 PM
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Nuke
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Tyranthraxus
07/19/22 7:35:29 PM
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I used raid to kill an army of cluster flies that invaded after the city opened up a sewer nearby for cleaning.

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RedRanger
07/19/22 7:36:21 PM
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The Apple Cider Vinegar trick. It works great. I used it when something died under my house and a million flies made their way in through a cracked vent. Pour Apple cider vinegar in a mason jar and poke holes in the lid. Youre done.

Flies go down in the jar.
They dont come out.

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pkmnlord
07/19/22 7:38:52 PM
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Set up four industrial strength bug zappers around the area and let the rest do itself

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VorpalAxeMan
07/19/22 7:42:01 PM
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My sister gave me a can of fly poison, and it works quite well. Farm & Dairy CV-800. I don't know where she got it, though. A spritz on the window not only killed them in minutes, it has kept them away for the last couple weeks. Highly recommend.

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RedRanger
07/19/22 7:45:23 PM
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Yeah, keep coating your house in poisons. Im telling you, the Apple cider vinegar thing really works. And it works well.

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Tyranthraxus
07/19/22 7:46:07 PM
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RedRanger posted...
Yeah, keep coating your house in poisons. Im telling you, the Apple cider vinegar thing really works. And it works well.
This never worked for me besides fruit flies.

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EmbraceOfDeath
07/19/22 7:52:46 PM
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Fly strips and remove whatever they're attracted to/whatever they're looking to eat.

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RedRanger
07/19/22 7:53:36 PM
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Tyranthraxus posted...
This never worked for me besides fruit flies.
Like 4 traps cleared out my entire house.

https://youtu.be/dlnJh7xxiYE

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kirbymuncher
07/19/22 7:57:06 PM
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RedRanger posted...
Like 4 traps cleared out my entire house.

https://youtu.be/dlnJh7xxiYE
the flies in this video are fruit flies so it's not like you're really contradicting him or anything

I've used this method before and also found it only works on fruit flies, but it works really, really well on fruit flies

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Weezy_Tha_Don
07/19/22 7:57:47 PM
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  1. take a big shit on the floor
  2. wait for the flies to feast
  3. stomp those fuckers to oblivion

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DuneMan
07/19/22 7:59:10 PM
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If you don't want to use apple cider there are pre-made traps that have what is described as 'essence of putrescent eggs' in a similar set-up. It's basically a recycled 2-liter soda bottle with an inverted cone lid for flies to travel down and then they can't leave.

I used to put those in the backyard and literally half the bottle would be filled up with fly corpses after a week or so. We're talking thousands of the bugs. If you have a serious fly problem that'll fix it.

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DrizztLink
07/19/22 8:13:07 PM
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Weezy_Tha_Don posted...
1. take a big shit on the floor
2. wait for the flies to feast
3. stomp those fuckers to oblivion
You fool, do it in the shower so you can wafflestomp it down the drain.

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VG_Study_Lounge
07/19/22 8:13:21 PM
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Clean your room

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ultimate_reaver
07/19/22 8:30:09 PM
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i had a bad drain fly problem one year and threw a bunch of stuff at it. they completely ignored the apple cider traps, the wine seemed to get some but not a pronounced amount, same with a bottle of beer. found another that suggested a mixture of sugar and white vinegar, again not much of a result.

what finally got them was this https://www.heb.com/product-detail/raid-fly-ribbons/1546904. they look really stupid hanging around your kitchen but it's preferrable to flies all over the sink. After a day or two there are enough dead bugs that you can toss it and replace it. That combined with closing the drains up at night took care of the problem in about a week

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Robot2600
07/19/22 8:31:07 PM
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You could try this:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/400-current-events/80097839

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darkmaian23
07/19/22 8:39:41 PM
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I appreciate you guys offering suggestions, but these are huge blow flies, and the best you can do for those is to have spray applied outside (pest control guy already did that). The source was outside and has been removed. Apparently, bait doesn't work on these kinds of flies. ;.;

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Robot2600
07/19/22 8:44:33 PM
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you ignored all the real suggestions to get one of those dumbass salt guns that actually work at killing flies

personally i don't just kill things i don't like but im well aware most humans are not like this

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Kamen_Rider_Blade
07/19/22 8:45:03 PM
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Vacuum Cleaner with hose attachment, suck them into your vacuum Cleaner via the hose.

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darkmaian23
07/19/22 8:45:50 PM
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Robot2600 posted...
you ignored all the real suggestions to get one of those dumbass salt guns that actually work at killing flies
I always thought that was a TV infomercial gimmick. Do they really work on blow flies?

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DrizztLink
07/19/22 8:48:01 PM
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darkmaian23 posted...
I always thought that was a TV infomercial gimmick. Do they really work on blow flies?
They work on flying insects in general, I imagine.

Like, it's a shotgun.

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Irony
07/19/22 8:49:39 PM
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Frag grenade

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Tyranthraxus
07/19/22 8:50:02 PM
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DrizztLink posted...
They work on flying insects in general, I imagine.

Like, it's a shotgun.

I've used one. It's got a stupidly short range and it's good for entertainment if there's one or two flies. If you got an infestation it won't help.

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Imit8m3
07/19/22 8:50:59 PM
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darkmaian23 posted...
I always thought that was a TV infomercial gimmick. Do they really work on blow flies?
they have no idea what kind of flies youre talking about.
Bayer home defense max. It works as a killer and a bug barrier. I Spray it around my outside lights to keep flies away & it works for a year

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The_Creep_2020
07/19/22 8:59:32 PM
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kirbymuncher posted...
the flies in this video are fruit flies so it's not like you're really contradicting him or anything

I've used this method before and also found it only works on fruit flies, but it works really, really well on fruit flies

Yeah, apple cider vinegar works wonders with fruit flies.

Phorid flies and blowflies, not so much.

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EndOfDiscOne
07/19/22 9:04:56 PM
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I use my hand but that doesnt help if theyre out of reach.

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NeonOctopus
07/19/22 9:06:18 PM
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I just spray them with windex and it usually stuns them lol

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DrizztLink
07/19/22 9:07:37 PM
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EndOfDiscOne posted...
I use my hand but that doesnt help if theyre out of reach.
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Rain_Dust
07/19/22 9:08:40 PM
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Wow... All of these suggestions are terrible. Just get a fly trap. They are on amazon and you can toss them.

There will be hundreds of them in 1 day.

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josifrees
07/19/22 9:11:03 PM
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Hide the fly swatter they can sense death

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Robot2600
07/19/22 10:48:26 PM
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Rain_Dust posted...
Wow... All of these suggestions are terrible. Just get a fly trap. They are on amazon and you can toss them.

There will be hundreds of them in 1 day.

He can't use a fly trap cause these are immune to trap scents and cannot be lured, as previously disclosed.

Yes the salt guns definitely work :P


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darkmaian23
07/20/22 1:02:04 AM
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Anyway, thanks for the advice guys! I'll see about getting a salt gun---it'd be nice to be able to snipe the ones that won't come close enough to swat. I'll also get a fly trap just in case they turn out to be effective here. I don't know if it's the kind of blow fly or what, but the pest control guy said indoor poisons won't work, but he did spray outside.

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Ivany2008
07/20/22 1:04:43 AM
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when it comes to just normal flies I just use febreeze. I learned about it when dealing with a bee that found its way into my computer room. Spray the bee with febreeze, cuts off the oxygen supply for a moment, and move it outside.

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Master_Kazuya
07/20/22 1:09:57 AM
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If you get some kind of spray cleaner that foams, you spray them and it foams over them and kinda fucks with their flight which you can then either dispose of or sometimes it'll just kill them eventually

Or the other suggestions

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