Help! Flies!

[velveteenlounge]

Does anyone know how to get rid of a fly infestation? We've searched and can't find any obvious reason why we suddenly have hundreds of flies. No exposed food, no dead mice (thankfully), and I've heard they can breed in houseplant soil, but the rooms with the flies are nowhere near the only room with any plants. We put up fly paper, one of which

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[vampymissk]

Maybe you need an exorcism - remember Amityville??

Wow, that's creepy. It would've been my guess, something dead or food. We used to get maggots in canned petfood outside while I was growing up. Then we got a mysterious maggot/fly infestion in our garage about the time I was reading Amityville. I still don't know where they came from but blame it on possession!

[velveteenlounge]

The creepiest part is the buzzing of the flies stuck to the flypaper. Since there are a lot of them it's loud.

We've never had this before. So weird.

[pepeka_varua]

We are having the same problem - I found this online it's for fruit flies, but maybe it will work?

http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Fruit-Flies

[velveteenlounge]

That's great, thanks! I'll try anything non-poisonous at this point.

[stephmdsc]

Don't know if the room your flies are frequenting has a fireplace ... but if so, you might want to check it for nesting and/or deceased wildlife ... that was the cause of our sudden (and creepy) infestation.

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