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Simple Do-It-Yourself Methods to Keep House Flies Away
House flies are notorious for bringing a lot of disease-causing germs and bacteria to our home.
Let’s take a look at easy DIY fly repellents which will aid you to kill or to repel the flies out of our home.
House Fly (Photo: Rest Easy Pest Control)
A person’s health is the most important thing to him. If he’s not healthy and physically fit, he will not be able to carry out his day to day activities and can’t enjoy the life to its fullest. Intake of healthy food, regular exercise, and proper sleep are three essential elements to make your body healthy.
Still, sometimes you may be ambushed by some diseases, and in most such cases, a person is victimized by the disease because of the invasion of microorganisms into the bloodstream. One of the most common carriers is a house fly. It is essential to know about the effective ways to kill flies or to keep them away from your home.
Home Remedies to Get Rid of a Fly Infestation
House flies are notorious for bringing a lot of disease-causing germs and bacteria to our home which in turn affects our health. So, let’s look at easy to apply home remedies which will aid you to kill or to repel the flies out of our home:
#1. Ginger Spray
The first and very useful method to control the entry of the flies is the use of the ginger spray. A ginger spray can be made by mixing extracts of ginger in water and make a concentrated solution. Next, you just need to spray it, and you will see flies running out of your home because they do not stand the smell of ginger spray.
#2. Basil
Basil is our next solution. Everybody knows about basil and loves its usage because of its pleasant aroma in the food. Whereas, for flies, it is a kind of venom. They use to run away from the pleasant fragrance of the basil. Place the leaves of basil at the entry points and see the effect.
#3. Apple Cider Vinegar Trap
For this, you just need a jar and put the apple cider vinegar inside it. The flies have a strong attraction towards fruits, and fruity fragrances and scent of apple cider vinegar will lure them into the jar.
Make some holes in the lid, big enough to let the flies pass through them, and once they enter the jar, they will find themselves drowning in the vinegar.
Basil
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“Basil is our next solution. Everybody knows about basil and loves its usage
because of its pleasant aroma in the food. Whereas, for flies, it is a kind of venom.”
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#4. Essential Oils
Essential oil spray can be an amazing remedy for you to avoid flies and other insects inside your home. They are not very difficult to make. You just need to add about ten drops each of cinnamon oil, thyme oil, clove oil, lemongrass oil, and peppermint oil.
Put them all in a spritzer and mix them in two cups of water and two cups of vodka and your magic spray is ready. Next, you need to find the breeding places of flies, like garage, garden or near trash and then spray the place. This organic solution is known to bring 100% results and keep the irritating flies away from your home.
#5. Milk, Sugar, and Pepper Trap
This is a century old trap against flies. To make this trap, you have to take mix milk (1/2 liter), Sugar (1/4 cup) and Black Pepper (4tbsp) in a pan and simmer it for around 15 minutes.
After that, you have to pour the mixture into bowls and place these bowls in the areas largely infested by flies. Milk and sugar will attract the flies towards itself, where they will be choked to death because of the presence of black pepper.
#6. Kill the Eggs
This one is a preventive measure which you need to take while the flies are giving birth to their young ones. First of all, you need to find out their breeding sites where the flies will be laying their eggs.
Generally, they prefer moist surroundings where they can provide the required nutrients to the young ones. Once you locate the breeding place, you can use different insecticides there to kill the eggs.
Insecticides, UV traps, Eucalyptus and Geranium, are few of the other methods you can use to kill or repel the flies.
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