More than 100,000 species of flies exist throughout the world.
An infestation of flies in your yard is a health risk for you and your family. Flies breed and lay eggs in unsanitary locations such as rotting organic materials, animal waste and raw sewage. They then carry bacteria and viruses from those locations when they enter your home, land on your skin, or crash your outdoor dinner parties. To avoid health risks associated with flies, you must rely on methods of management and prevention to control fly populations.
Instructions
1. Invest your money in the best yard and garden pest control: buy poultry. Varieties of chickens and guinea fowl will patrol and protect your yard from all sorts of insects--from spiders to ticks, fleas, beetles, worms, grasshoppers, crickets, grubs, mosquitoes and flies. Check with local municipalities to ensure that you can have backyard chickens and fowls, as some suburban and urban locations do allow chickens. Choose flightless fowls to prevent chickens from escaping your urban or suburban yard.
2. Install bug zappers in your yard to kill flies and other insects attracted to the zapper. Bug zappers are available in various designs that include such features as hanging fixtures, solar-powered bulbs, carbon dioxide lures and traps. Increase effectiveness by using more than one bug zapper in your lawn.
3. Spray your lawn with insecticide to reduce fly populations. Concentrate on areas favored by flies, such as around garbage cans, on top of wires and strings, edges of buildings, and on the leaves of plants. Choose an insecticide that is both safe for the areas of application and that is not harmful to beneficial insects or animals. Insecticides containing rotenone are not safe for use around fish, while other types of insecticide are safe around food. Others work as temporary repellents. Read insecticide labels to determine the best product for your needs.
4. Hang sticky traps near flies' frequent stops, such as near dog kennels, porches, flower gardens and bird feeders. Replace full traps as necessary.
5. Prevent future generations of flies in your yard by eliminating breeding and egg-laying sites. If your pets do their business in your yard, pick it up with a plastic bag to prevent adult flies from laying eggs in or on the waste. Clean up any dead animals you find in your yard as well.
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